Slice
Slice , noun
[Old English slice, sclice, Old French esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; compare Old High German slīzan to split, slit, tear, German schleissen to slit. See Slit, transitive verb]
1.
A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
2.
(Shipbuilding) That which is thin and broad, like a slice.
(a)
(Shipbuilding) A broad, thin piece of plaster.
(b)
(Shipbuilding) A salver, platter, or tray.
(c)
(Shipbuilding) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
(d)
(Shipbuilding) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
(e)
(Shipbuilding) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
(f)
(Shipbuilding) A removable sliding bottom to galley. [Obsolete; Cant]
Collocations (1)
Slice bar , a kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice.
Slice , transitive verb
1.
To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
2.
To cut into parts; to divide.
3.
To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.
4.
(Golf) To hit (the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the ball and deflects it.