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Webster 1913 Edition

Slash

Slash

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slashed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slashing
.]
[OE.
slaschen
, of uncertain origin; cf. OF.
esclachier
to break,
esclechier
,
esclichier
, to break, and E.
slate
,
slice
,
slit
,
Verb.
T.
]
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.

Slash

,
Verb.
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 their idle shades.
Spenser.

Slash

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Slash

SLASH

, v.t.
1.
To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long cuts.
2.
To lash.

SLASH

,
Verb.
I.
To strike violently and at random with a sword, hanger or other edger instrument; to lay about one with blows. Hewing and slashing at their idle shades.

SLASH

,
Noun.
A long cut; a cut made at random.

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