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Slit :: Slit (n.) To cut; to sever; to divide.

Slitting :: Slitting () a. & n. from Slit.

Collimator :: Collimator (n.) A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used..

Photodrome :: Photodrome (n.) An apparatus consisting of a large wheel with spokes, which when turning very rapidly is illuminated by momentary flashes of light passing through slits in a rotating disk. By properly timing the succession of flashes the wheel is made to appear to be motionless, or to rotate more or less slowly in either direction..

Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se

Earmark :: Earmark (n.) A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting..

Schizonemertea :: Schizonemertea (n. pl.) A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.

Spiniferous :: Spineted (a.) Slit; cleft.

Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360�, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..

Slit :: Slit () 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

Kerf :: Kerf (n.) A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing..

Chap :: Chap (v. i.) To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap..

Slit :: Slit (n.) To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps..

Metagraphy :: Metagraphy (n.) The art or act of rendering the letters of the alphabet of one language into the possible equivalents of another; transliteration.

Earmark :: Earmark (v. t.) To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear..

Slit :: Slit (n.) To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or the nose..

Placket :: Placket (n.) The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole.

Diffraction :: Diffraction (n.) The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars..

Sliver :: Sliver (v. t.) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood..

Scizorhinal :: Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.

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