slitting \slit"ting\ (sl[i^]t"t[i^]ng),
a. & n. from {slit}.
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{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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