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Pronunciation : Slash
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esclachier to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E. slate, slice, slit, v. t.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Slashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slash
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slash
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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. Etym: [Cf. Slashy.] pl.

Defn: Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913