Definition of Slish

1. n. A cut; as, slish and slash.

Definition of Slish

1. a cut [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slish

slipstream
slipstreamed
slipstreaming
slipstreams
slipstring
slipstrings
slipt
slipthrift
slipthrifts
slipup
slipups
slipware
slipwares
slipway
slipways
slish (current term)
slishes
slit-shell
slit lamp
slit microscope
slit pores
slit trench
slit ventricle syndrome
slite
slited
slites
slither
slithered
slitherer

Literary usage of Slish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
"... with machine guns and mountain batteries on their heads, and the bare feet of all, in quick rhythm, going slish, slish, slish through the pavement mud. ..."

2. Contemporary French Novelists: And Other Tales from India by William Henry Denham Rouse, William Crooke, William Heath Robinson, René Doumic, Mary D. Frost (1922)
"Willingly," said the Farmer; whipt out his knife, and in a jiffy slish ! slish! slish! off came the Jackals' tails. " Yow-ow-ow! ..."

3. The Science of Thought by Friedrich Max Müller (1887)
"slish, embrace. 58. SVA.AK, open, teach. 4. SI, sharpen. 119. <SI^C?,noise,twang. ... see slish. 15". SRU, shake, hear. 88. SRU, hew. 88. SHUSH, hear. 106. ..."

4. Handbook for Travellers in Ireland by John Murray (Firm) (1866)
"and slish Mountain (967), having a gneissic character, passing into granite, whose dark rocks contrast admirably with the foliage of the lake shores. ..."

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