Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esclachier, to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E. slate, slice, slit, (v. t.)
In literature:
With each pace the slashed silken skirt parted to reveal a shameless glimpse of cerise silk stocking.
"Cheerful--By Request" by Edna Ferber
We must discover the best methods of cutting trees and of disposing of the slash.
"The School Book of Forestry" by Charles Lathrop Pack
Thurstane could still manage a revolver with his wounded arm, while his right was good for almost any amount of slashing work.
"Overland" by John William De Forest
Heretofore a slashing had been as much a part of the ordinary woodland landscape as the forest itself.
"The Rules of the Game" by Stewart Edward White
His sword flew wide, and Gervais slashed his arm from wrist to elbow.
"Helmet of Navarre" by Bertha Runkle
He could slash with it, as with a hatchet.
"The Texan Star" by Joseph A. Altsheler
The wolf was slashing effectively at the dog's side.
"Sundown Slim" by Henry Hubert Knibbs
He had been unmercifully slashed by the barnacles.
"Poor Man's Rock" by Bertrand W. Sinclair
Wild with pain, I slashed my face to get the poisoned tips of thorn out of the flesh.
"Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross" by Edith Van Dyne
He wears a red scarf, and a black satin doublet, with little slashes of yellow silk.
"Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers"
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In poetry:
What need to ask when vein
Has felt the burning claws
Slash open so that pain
Beats where the heart once was?
"Fait Accompli" by Vassar Miller
We saw the lights in the palace flare;
The musicians played:
The red guards slashed and sabred the stair,
And cursed the old king.
"El Manolo" by Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard
And hullo! You Bully!
That blade's not a stick
To slash right and left,
And my skull is too thick
To be cleft with such cuffs
Of a sword. Now a lick
"The Foreigner" by Amy Lowell
Eyes aloft, over dangerous places,
The children follow the butterflies,
And, in the sweat of their upturned faces,
Slash with a net at the empty skies.
"Butterflies" by Rudyard Kipling
Then the rain ceased slashing on branch and pool,
And swift came the sunshine, after;
And the thrush and the yaffel screamed, ``April Fool!''
And the covert rang with laughter.
"An April Fool" by Alfred Austin
You took me weak and unprepared.
I had not thought that you who shared
My days, my nights, my heart, my life,
Would slash me with a naked knife
And gently tell me not to bleed
But to accept your crazy creed.
"And so it ends" by Victoria Sackville-West
In news:
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The following JConcepts products are Slash 4×4 compatible or direct fit.
Facebook Stock Plunge Slashes $34 Billion of Market Value .
Electronic Marshalling Slashes Costs for Sulfuric Acid Maker.
NY Times' slash-and-burn review of restaurant fed appetite for meanness .
WHEN the Smile cafe opened on Bond Street in 2009, the woodsy restaurant-slash-general store became an instant haunt for the local art and fashion cognoscenti.
When Jim Matthews needed to slash his cholesterol and heart attack risk, he joined the millions taking the world's top-selling drug, Lipitor.
Slash performs during the Slash & Friends concert at Bare Pool Lounge at The Mirage on Friday night.
Man Slashed After Motel Room Break-In.
Dolphins found shot, slashed, stabbed.
Adorama is slashing 53 percent off Sony's docking station, which includes support for the iPod and iPhone.
Spending has been slashed as taxes brought in less.
World Wide Stereo is slashing 50 percent off the price of this outdoor sound solution.
Mobile phone companies have been lauded for slashing the cost of unlimited voice plans, but many wireless customers' monthly bills are actually going to get a bit more expensive.
Online conferencing can slash your travel budget and even goose sales - if you pick the right service.
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In science:
Let |k be the Petersson slash operator and let eT be the normalized Heckeoperator T ∈ Hn (see (54)).
On the Spezialschar of Maass
This shows us, that if we apply the Peterson slash operator |k+2ν γ here γ ∈ Γ to this function with respect to the variable τ , the function is invariant.
On the Spezialschar of Maass
Let |k ,m the slash operator for Jacobi forms and Vl (l ∈ N0) be the operator, which maps Jk ,m to Jk ,ml .
On the Spezialschar of Maass
We can now interchange the differential operators Dk ,2ν and the Petersson slash operator |∗ .
On the Spezialschar of Maass
Thus, we observe that two isometries joined by slashed variables behave as if they were just one isometry.
Some Quantum Information Inequalities from a Quantum Bayesian Networks Perspective
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