Definition of slit

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

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Scizorhinal :: Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.
Earmark :: Earmark (v. t.) To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear..
Poncho :: Poncho (n.) A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service..
Slash :: Slash (v. t.) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
Slitted :: Slitted () of Sli.
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..
Slit :: Slit (imp. & p. p.) of Sli.
Slitter :: Slitter (n.) One who, or that which, slits..
Slitting :: Slitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sli.
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..
Chap :: Chap (v. i.) To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap..
Kerf :: Kerf (n.) A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing..
Zoetrope :: Zoetrope (n.) An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved..
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..
Slit :: Slit (n.) A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear..
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..
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..
Transliteration :: Transliteration (n.) The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet..
Earmark :: Earmark (n.) A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting..
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