Slit

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- ·3d·pers. ·sg ·pres. of Slide.

II. Slit ·Impf & ·p.p. of Slit.

III. Slit ·noun A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.

IV. Slit ·noun To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or the nose.

V. Slit ·noun To Cut; to Sever; to Divide.

VI. Slit ·noun To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.