slit-settingn. a mode of planting or setting in which mere slits are made in the ground with a spade or similar implement.
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slit-planting1831
slit-setting1869
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 253 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The injury is less than that of the same kind incident to slit-setting, by means of a spade.