[slit] n [ME, fr. slitten] (12c): a long narrow cut or opening -- slit adj -- slit.less adj
[2]slit vt slit ; slit.ting [ME slitten; akin to MHG slitzen to slit, OHG slizan to tear apart, OE sciell shell--more at shell] (14c) 1 a: to make a slit in b: to cut off or away: sever c: to form into a slit
2: to cut into long narrow strips -- slit.ter n