slishn.
rare.
A slit.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > a cut or incision
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 90 Heers snip, and nip, and cut, and slish and slash, Like to a Censor in a barbers shoppe. View more context for this quotation
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