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Definition of Slish
1. n. A cut; as, slish and slash.
Definition of Slish
1. a cut [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slish
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. ..."