Slash \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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Slash \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 \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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