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slasher


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slasher  \Slash"er\,  n.  (Textile  Manuf.) 
  A  machine  for  applying  size  to  warp  yarns. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thrasher  \Thrash"er\,  Thresher  \Thresh"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  thrashes  grain;  a  thrashing 
  machine. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  large  and  voracious  shark  ({Alopias  vulpes}), 
  remarkable  for  the  great  length  of  the  upper  lobe  of  its 
  tail,  with  which  it  beats,  or  thrashes,  its  prey.  It  is 
  found  both  upon  the  American  and  the  European  coasts. 
  Called  also  {fox  shark},  {sea  ape},  {sea  fox},  {slasher}, 
  {swingle-tail},  and  {thrasher  shark}. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  name  given  to  the  brown  thrush  and  other 
  allied  species.  See  {Brown  thrush}. 
 
  {Sage  thrasher}.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  under  {Sage}. 
 
  {Thrasher  whale}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  common  killer  of  the 
  Atlantic. 




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