slitting (root: slit)
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slitting, a. & n.
a. & n. from
slit. [
1913 Webster]
slitting file.
See Illust. (i) of sile. --
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.
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