D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

slitting

/(slĭt"tĭng)/ · slit·ting · IPA /slˈɪtɪŋ/
01 a. & n. a. & n. from slit.
  1. 1.
    a. & n. from slit. See: slit
Phrases & compounds
slitting file — See Illust. (i) of sile.
slitting mill — A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into narrow strips, as nail rods, and the like
slitting roller — one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting like shears, -- used in slitting metals.