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Slit   /slɪt/   Listen
noun
Slit  n.  A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.
Gill slit. (Anat.) See Gill opening, under Gill.


verb
Slit  v. t.  (past & past part. slit; pres. part. slitting)  
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."


Slit  v.  obs. 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.





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"Slit" Quotes from Famous Books



... that Francis Almoign, Knight of the Voracious Stomach, cumbered with no domestic ties worthy of mention, a tall slim fellow who knew the appropriate hour to slit a throat or to wheedle a maid, came to be Grand Marshal of the Guild ...
— The Dragon of Wantley - His Tale • Owen Wister
... is going to do that," said Ramos contemptuously, sitting down again, "Don Pepe Poquita Cosa, with his mathematics, is going to do that. I did wrong in saying I would slit his throat. A doll of that kind one takes by the ear and ducks ...
— Dona Perfecta • B. Perez Galdos
... butterflies and insects is with a net, which can be made in the following manner: Take a common barrel hoop, and slit off a strip about a quarter of an inch wide. Of this make a hoop about a foot in diameter, and fasten it with wire to a light rod about a yard long. Then take a round piece of mosquito netting about three-quarters of a yard in diameter, and bind it firmly to the hoop. Insects ...
— Harper's Young People, May 4, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... did, she obligingly passing out to me through a slit in the door my hat, my glasses, my steamer rug, my packages of books and one or two other articles of my outfit. My mind was in a whirl; for the time I was utterly unable to collect my thoughts. Making a mound of my luggage in a convenient ...
— Fibble, D. D. • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
... every individual must pay, without specifying the articles of the charge. This proportion generally amounted to two guineas per head for each dinner and supper; and frequently exceeded that sum; of which the landlord durst not abate, without running the risk of having his nose slit for his moderation. ...
— The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I • Tobias Smollett


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