Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

slitting

slit′ting

(slĭt′tĭng)
,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
slit
.
slitting file
.
See Illust.
(i)
of
sile
.
–
slitting mill
.
(a)
A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into narrow strips, as nail rods, and the like
.
(b)
A machine used by lapidaries for slicing stones, usually by means of a revolving disk, called a
slicer
, supplied with diamond powder.
–
slitting roller
,
one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting like shears, – used in slitting metals.

Webster 1828 Edition

Slitting

SLIT'TING

,
ppr.
Cutting lengthwise.

Definition 2024

slitting

slitting

English

Verb

slitting

  1. present participle of slit

Noun

slitting ‎(plural slittings)

  1. The act by which something is slit.
    • 2011, Paula Leverage, Theory of Mind and Literature (page 94)
      […] the Jack the Ripper murders in Whitechapel, during which prostitutes in the poor areas of 1880s and 1890s London became the victims of an infamous string of throat slittings.

Anagrams

Similar Results