Definition of Slce
Slice (?), n. [OE. slice,
sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier,
esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG.
slīzan to split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to
slit. See Slit, v. t.] 1.
A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a
slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
2. That which is thin and broad, like a
slice. Specifically: (a) A broad, thin
piece of plaster. (b) A salver, platter, or
tray. [Obs.] (c) A knife with a thin, broad
blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading
anything, as paint or ink. (d) A plate of
iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike
implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as
for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber
from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a
fire shovel. [Cant] (e) (Shipbuilding)
One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted
clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
(f) (Printing) A removable sliding bottom
to galley.
Slice bar, a kind of fire iron resembling a
poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and
clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a
slice.
Slice, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sliced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Slicing (?).] 1. To cut into thin pieces,
or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
2. To cut into parts; to divide.
3. To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire
or the grate bars of a furnace.
Slice, v. t. (Golf) To hit
(the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the
ball and deflects it.
Slice (?), n. [OE. slice,
sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier,
esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG.
slīzan to split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to
slit. See Slit, v. t.] 1.
A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a
slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
2. That which is thin and broad, like a
slice. Specifically: (a) A broad, thin
piece of plaster. (b) A salver, platter, or
tray. [Obs.] (c) A knife with a thin, broad
blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading
anything, as paint or ink. (d) A plate of
iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike
implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as
for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber
from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a
fire shovel. [Cant] (e) (Shipbuilding)
One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted
clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
(f) (Printing) A removable sliding bottom
to galley.
Slice bar, a kind of fire iron resembling a
poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and
clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a
slice.
Slice, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sliced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Slicing (?).] 1. To cut into thin pieces,
or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
2. To cut into parts; to divide.
3. To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire
or the grate bars of a furnace.
Slice, v. t. (Golf) To hit
(the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the
ball and deflects it.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
SLICE. To take a slice; to intrigue, particularly with a
married woman, because a slice off a cut loaf is not missed.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- That which is thin and broad, like a slice.
- A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
- A piece of pizza.
I'll have a slice, please.
- A broad, thin piece of plaster.
- A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
- A salver, platter, or tray.
- A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
- One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
- A removable sliding bottom to galley.
- (sports) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade,hook,draw
- (Australia) A class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squareish slices.
- To cut into slices.
Slice the cheese thinly.
- (golf)To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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