Slashed \Slashed\, a.
1. Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed;
especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or
other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under
vesture.
A gray jerkin, with scarlet and slashed sleeves.
--Sir W.
Scott.
2. (Bot.) Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp
incisions; laciniate.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.]
--King.
3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.]
--Dr. H. More.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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