Webster's Dictionary 1913

5860

Slash (2)

Slash, v. i. To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.Hewing and slashing at...

5861

Slash (3)

Slash, n. 1. A long cut; a cut made at random.2. A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.3. [Cf. Slashy.] pl. Swampy or wet lan...

5862

Slash (4)

Slash (?), n. A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency.We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then w...

5863

Slash pine

Slash″ pine″ (?). (Bot.) A kind of pine tree (Pinus Cubensis) found in Southern Florida and the West Indies; — so called because it grows in “slashes.”

5864

Slashed

Slashed (?), a. 1. Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or...

5865

Slasher

Slash″er (?), n.(Textile Manuf.) A machine for applying size to warp yarns.

5866

Slashy

Slash″y (?), a. [Cf. Sw. slaska to dabble in water. Cf. Slush.] Wet and dirty; slushy.

5867

Slat

Slat (?), n. [CF. Slot a bar.] A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.

5868

Slat (2)

Slat, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Slatted; p. pr. & vb. n.Slatting.] [OE. slatten; cf. Icel. sletta to slap, to dab.] 1. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.How did you ...

5869

Slatch

Slatch (slăch), n. [See Slack.] (Naut.) (a) The period of a transitory breeze. (b) An interval of fair weather. (c) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.

5870

Slate

Slate (slāt), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. éclat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. éclater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split, fr. slīzan to...

5871

Slate (2)

Slate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Slated; p. pr. & vb. n.Slating.] 1. To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.2. To register (as...

5872

Slate (3)

Slate, v. t. [Cf. AS. slǣting a privilege of hunting.] To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3. [Written also slete.] Ray.

5873

Slate-color

Slate″–col′or (?). A dark bluish gray color.

5874

Slate-gray

Slate″–gray′ (?), a. Of a dark gray, like slate.

5875

Slater

Slat″er (?), n. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.

5876

Slater (2)

Slat″er, n.(Zoöl.) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.

5877

Slating

Slat″ing, n. 1. The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater.2. Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.

5878

Slatt

Slatt (?), n. [See Slat a strip of board.] A slab of stone used as a veneer for coarse masonry. Knight.

5879

Slatter

Slat″ter (?), v. i. [E. slat to throw or dash about.] To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful. Ray.

5880

Slattern

Slat″tern (?), n. A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

5881

Slattern (2)

Slat″tern, a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. “The slattern air.” Gay.

5882

Slattern (3)

Slat″tern (?), v. t. To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; — with away. Chesterfield.

5883

Slatternliness

Slat″tern‐li‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness.

5884

Slatternly

Slat″tern‐ly, a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty. — adv. In a slatternly manner.

5885

Slatterpouch

Slat″ter‐pouch′ (?), n. A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise. Gayton.

5886

Slatting

Slat″ting (?), Slats, collectively.