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Webster 1913 Edition
Slice
Slice
,Noun.
[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
, Verb.
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
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Slice
SLICE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin broad piece.2.
To cut into parts.3.
To cut; to divide.SLICE
,Noun.
2.
A broad piece' as a slice of plaster.3.
A peel; a spatula; an instrument consisting of a broad plate with a handle, used by apothecaries for spreading plaster, & c.4.
In ship-building, a tapering piece of plank to be driven between the timbers before planking.