SLICING
slicing
(noun) the act of cutting into slices
slice, fade, slicing
(noun) a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; “he took lessons to cure his slicing”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
slicing (plural slicings)
The action of the verb to slice.
Verb
slicing
present participle of slice
Source: Wiktionary
SLICE
Slice, n. Etym: [OE. slice, sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier,
esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. slizan to
split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to slit. See Slit, v. t.]
1. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of
cheese; a slice of bread.
2. That which is thin and broad, like a slice. Specifically:
(a) A broad, thin piece of plaster.
(b) A salver, platter, or tray. [Obs.]
(c) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish;
also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
(d) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a
spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various
purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for
cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a
slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. [Cant]
(e) (Shipbuilding) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship
are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
(f) (Printing) A removable sliding bottom to galley. Slice bar, a
kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for
stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from
clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice.
Slice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sliced; p. pr. & vb. n. Slicing.]
1. To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
2. To cut into parts; to divide.
3. To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a
furnace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition