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Slash
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (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. Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] King.
3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] Dr. H. More.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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 their idle shades. Spenser.