(v. t.) A broad, thin piece of plaster.
(v. t.) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) A removable sliding bottom to galley.
(v. t.) A salver, platter, or tray.
(v. t.) A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
(v. t.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
(v. t.) That which is thin and broad, like a slice.
(v. t.) To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.
(v. t.) To cut into parts; to divide.
(v. t.) To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.