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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.