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 lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
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 under vesture.
A gray jerkin, with scarlet and slashed sleeves.
Sir W. Scott. 2. (Bot.) Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.
Slasher
(Slash"er) n. (Textile Manuf.) A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
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."
Slashy
(Slash"y) a. [Cf. Sw. slaska to dabble in water. Cf. Slush.] Wet and dirty; slushy. [Prov. Eng.]
Slat
(Slat) n. [CF. Slot a bar.] A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window
blind.
Slat
(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. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
How did you kill him?
Slat[t]ed his brains out.
Marston. 2. To split; to crack. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
3. To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate. [Prov. Eng.]
Slatch
(Slatch) 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.
Slate
(Slate) n. [OE. slat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. éclat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. éclater,
fr. OHG. sliezen to tear, slit, split, fr. slizan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t., and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially: (a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme
of action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] Bartlett.
