Seen through the slitis a small plate of silver inserted in the staff, and a fine mark upon it to show the place of zero, when the points are adjusted.
A scale on one side of the slit is graduated with the distance that the rod moves, to throw the points .
A slit through the handle permits a part of the staff near the end to be seen beneath.
That part of the handle containing the slitand scale is separated from the other part; it is made to fit closely over it.
There was no slit through which a knife could be passed to raise the bar.
He took his hunting-knife and slit the deerskin window and stepped inside.
When summer dawned and a clerk came to open the post, he saw the slit in the window, and upon entering the tent saw the eight skins on the stack of tweeds, the four skins on the tobacco, and the others on the chest, and understood.
He then lit a fire, slit and cleaned the fish, and had the delight of offering his master some appetizing broiled fish-steaks.
Once Mbutu uttered a cry of joy on catching sight of a small arum bush; he sprang forward, dug up the roots with his knife, slit them into slices, and roasted them over a fire.
The spindle was a stick ten or twelve inches long, having at the top a slit or catch in which to fix the thread, so that the weight of the spindle might continually carry down the thread as it was formed.
In other instances he wears a cloak, which is altogether shapeless, resembling a square sack with an opening in front, and slit at the sides to let out the arms, and which is his sleeping-dress at night.
In front of the sensitive plate and close to it a disk, pierced with radial slits, revolved at a given angular velocity, and each time a slit passed by the plate was exposed.
After a brief existence the pupa emerges from the ground, and, holding on to a plant stem by means of its powerful front legs, sets free the perfect insect through a slit along the median dorsal line of the thorax.
Whenever a jacket or doublet comes below the waist it should be slit at each side.
Instead, I posted myself in the window, my body hidden in the red rep curtain, and only my eyes showing through a slit I made with my knife as I peered along the barrel of "King George.
The motive wheel, which revolves in a horizontal position, is encased in high walls on three sides, leaving a slit on the north side, from whence the prevalent winds of Sistan blow.
They all wear long-sleeved hauberks, which have the peculiarity of being slightly slit up the sides, and the tunic flows from beneath them.
The chasuble was the Eucharistic vestment; originally it was a circle of rich cloth with a slit in the middle, through which the head was passed, and then it fell in ample folds all round the figure.
Pour in the cider, cover with a thick crust of good pastry, ornamented around the edge; make a slit in the middle, and bake in a moderate oven one hour and a half.
Cover with a thick crust with a slit in the middle, and bake an hour if the pie be of fair size.
Flatten and put in the centre of each a peach (pared), from which the stone has been slipped out through a slit in one side.
Ornament the edges, and make a slit in the middle.
Line your pie-dish with a good paste; fill with a mixture of sour and sweet cherries; sweeten plentifully; cover with paste printed at the edge and slit in the middle, and bake until nicely colored.
Cover with a good crust, ornamented around the edges; make a slitin the middle, and bake one hour.
There must be a slit in the centre of the crust to let out the steam.
As he did so he unlatched the heavily grilled balcony window, drew out his penknife and slit a peephole in the curtain.
He had to feel his way through the narrow slit of a corridor above, and it was with an immense sigh of relief that he opened the door and stepped into the great drawing room he had left.
The straw ticking of the mattress had beenslit open and some of the straw was scattered on the floor.
Deftly heslit the paper with his fingernail and removed a strip of it, revealing a listening device.
Underside of tail white; posterior extension of supraorbital process tapering to a slender point, this point free of braincase or barely touching it and leaving a slit or long foramen Sylvilagus transitionalis, p.
Anterior extension of supraorbital process present, and posterior extension free of braincase or leaving a slitbetween the process and braincase.
If phagedæna occurs, the prepuce must be slit open along the dorsum, or if sloughing, cut away, and the patient should have frequent sitz baths of weak sublimate lotion.
In concealed chancres with phimosis, the sac of the prepuce should beslit up along the dorsum to admit of the ointment being applied.
The inner door stood ajar, and peered into that leaguer of shadows with a long slit of daylight like a pointing finger.
A slide, pushed back a certain distance in accordance with the zodiac signs, permitted the sun to fall through a slit on the figures of the hours within--a dainty timekeeper for mediaeval lovers.
It was the memory of that momentary glance of a pair of eyes through the slit of the door while her brother was telling of his daughter's illegitimacy and her mother's shame.
Then, with the square, mark across the place for a a, and there saw a slit on each side down to the gauge line.
Then, with the bottom edge for a base, draw a gauge line on each side of both pieces to the depth represented by i j, and with the tenon saw, make a slit at e and f to the depth of such gauge line.
It occupies, of course, a slitbetween higher buildings.
He produced a knife when he stood behind Uncle John's tent and slit the canvas silently.
He took it off, and drawing a knife from his pocket, slit the sole.
Quickly he stripped the covering from the bed, and with his knife slit it lengthwise.
She told him their names and her own, whereby he knew that it was she whose maw he had slit and said to her, "And where are thy father and mother?
Then he drew his poinard on him in haste and smiting him in the belly, slit it and Abu Tammam died forthright; whereupon the king dragged him along and cast him into a well that was in his palace.
When the hired man heard this, he returned upon his steps and going in to the woman, took the child from her by wily management and slit its maw: then he fled forth into the wold at hap-hazard and abode in strangerhood while Allah so willed.
He was absent a little while and presently returning, took me and slit my maw and fled.
Successful singing is possible only when the vocal cords are readily flexible and when the singer can supply a steady, continuous blast of air through the slit between the cords.
The hoarseness which frequently accompanies cold in the head is due to the thickening of the mucous membrane and to the filling up of the slit with mucus, because when this happens, the vocal cords cannot vibrate properly.
Still, one fine day they'll slit his belly up, by God they will!
She returned at once with a cracked cup for the paste and a small tin box with a slit in the lid.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "slit" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
