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slitting

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slitting  \Slit"ting\, 
  a.  &  n.  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slit  \Slit\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slit}  or  {Slitted};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Slitting}.]  [OE.  slitten,  fr  sliten  AS  st[=i]tan 
  to  tear;  akin  to  D.  slijten  to  wear  out  G.  schleissen  to 
  slit,  split,  OHG.  sl[=i]zan  to  split,  tear,  wear  out  Icel. 
  st[=i]ta  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.




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