Noah Webster
Slice
SLICE, verb transitive
1. To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin broad piece.
2. To cut into parts.
3. To cut; to divide.
SLICE, noun A thin broad piece cut off; as a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
2. A broad piece' as a slice of plaster.
3. A peel; a spatula; an instrument consisting of a broad plate with a handle, used by apothecaries for spreading plaster, _ c.
4. In ship-building, a tapering piece of plank to be driven between the timbers before planking.