Definition of slit

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Slit (n.) A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear..

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Kerf :: Kerf (n.) A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing..
Slitting :: Slitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sli.
Transliteration :: Transliteration (n.) The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet..
Slash :: Slash (v. t.) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
Placket :: Placket (n.) The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole.
Slit-shell :: Slit-shell (n.) Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas..
Earmark :: Earmark (v. t.) To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear..
Button :: Button (n.) A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament..
Chap :: Chap (v. t.) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
Scizorhinal :: Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.
Slit :: Slit (n.) A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear..
Slitter :: Slitter (n.) One who, or that which, slits..
Spiniferous :: Spineted (a.) Slit; cleft.
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..
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..
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..
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
Slash :: Slash (n.) A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings..
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..
Schindylesis :: Schindylesis (n.) A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.
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