Slash, v. 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, v. 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.
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Slash, v. 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.
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Slash, 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. [Cf. Slashy.] pl.
Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
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Slash (?), n.
A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency.
We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us.
Henry Van Dyke.
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