And slits the thin-spun life.
Milton.
Slit, n. [AS. slite.] A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the
ear.
Gill slit. (Anat.) See Gill opening, under Gill.
Slith"er (?), v. i. [Cf. G. schlittern, LG. schliddern. See Slide.] To
slide; to glide. [Prov. Eng.]
Slit"-shell" (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of
beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the
outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are
found in deep water in tropical seas.
Slit"ter (?), n. One who, or that which, slits.
Slit"ting (?), a. & n. from Slit.
Slitting file. See Illust. (i) of File. -- 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.