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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Slit
  2. a. & n. from Slit.
  3. 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.
  4. from Slit. Slitting file. See Illust. (i) of File.-- Slitting mill. (a) A mill where iron bars or plates are slit intonarrow strips, as nail rods, and the like. (b) A machine used bylapidaries 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 ribsentering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting likeshears, -- used in slitting metals.
  5. v make a clean cut through v cut a slit into