n. One who or that which slashes.n. An instrument or appliance of various kinds used in some slashing operation.n. In brickmaking, a piece of wrought-iron three feet in length, three inches wide, and three eighths of an inch thick, set in a handle about two and one half feet long and two inches in diameter, used to slash or cut through the clay in all directions with a view to detecting and picking out any small stones that may be found in it.n. A machine for sizing, drying, and finishing warp-yarns.n. The thrasher or fox-shark.n.