(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slash.

abscission acid amputation biting burr butchering chiseling chopping cleavage corrosive cross-hatching cutting demitint dichotomy driving effective engravement engraving enucleation etch etching excision fission forceful forcible gem-engraving glass-cutting glyptic graving gutsy half tint hatching imperative impressive incision incisive inscript inscription laceration line lining marking mordant mutilation nervous penetrating piercing poignant powerful punchy rending resection ripping scission score scoring scratch scratching section sensational severance sinewed sinewy slash slicing splitting stipple stippling striking strong surgery tearing telling tint tooling trenchant type-cutting vigorous vital