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   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.
   
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   2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.]  King.
   
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   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.
   
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   Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. Spenser.
   
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   Slash, n.
   1. A long cut; a cut made at random.
   
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   2. A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
   
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   3. [Cf. Slashy.] pl. Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.]  Bartlett.
   
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   4. 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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