SLITTING
SLIT
slit
(verb) cut a slit into; “slit the throat of the victim”
slit, slice
(verb) make a clean cut through; “slit her throat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
slitting
present participle of slit
Noun
slitting (plural slittings)
The act by which something is slit.
Anagrams
• Tlingits, stilting, tiltings, titlings
Source: Wiktionary
Slit"ting, a. & n.
Definition: from Slit. Slitting file. See Illust. (i) of File.
– Slitting mill. (a) A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into
narrow strips, as nail rods, and the like. (b) A machine used by
lapidaries for slicing stones, usually by means of a revolving disk,
called a slicer, supplied with diamond powder.
– Slitting roller, one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribs
entering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting like
shears, -- used in slitting metals.
SLIT
Slit, obs.
Definition: 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide. Chaucer.
Slit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slit or Slitted (; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slitting.] Etym: [OE. slitten, fr. sliten, AS. stitan to tear; akin
to D. slijten to wear out, G. schleissen to slit, split, OHG. slizan
to split, tear, wear out, Icel. stita to break, tear, wear out, Sw.
slita, Dan. slide. Cf. Eclat, Slate, n., Slice.]
1. To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit
iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.
2. To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or
the nose.
3. To cut; to sever; to divide. [Obs.]
And slits the thin-spun life. Milton.
Slit, n. Etym: [AS. slite.]
Definition: A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear. Gill slit.
(Anat.) See Gill opening, under Gill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition