slicern.
/ˈslʌɪsə/, U.S. /ˈslaɪsər/ 1. An implement or instrument specially adapted or used for slicing.Also in combinations, as bread slicer, turnip-slicer, vegetable slicer.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > other types of cutting equipment > [noun] > slicer or slitter
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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 267/2 Sclycer, tournoyre.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 299 Take vp the Hawe handsomely, and cut it with a little slicer.
1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1098 Slitting Mill or the Slicer, is a very thin sheet-iron disk, the edge of which is charged with diamond powder.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2208/1 The slicer is firmly clamped, like a circular saw, between two flanges on its spindle.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlvi. 105 They were at some distance from the man who turned the slicer.
1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 215/2 The Sterling Slicer. Slices any kind of vegetable or fruit evenly.
1956 F. S. Atkinson in D. L. Linton Sheffield xiv. 269 Intensive efforts are being made to replace the hand~loading of coal on to conveyors by mechanical power~loaders and, in seams over 3 ft. 3 in. considerable success is being achieved with Meco Moore Loaders..and Huwood Slicers.
1971 Daily Tel. 20 Oct. 13/1 Machines, with strange names like Anderton shearers, trepanners, rapid ploughs or Huwood slicers, have replaced men underground.
2. One who slices.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who cuts > in specific way
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Tagliuzzatore, a slicer, a cutter.
1709 Tatler No. 71. ⁋8 When a Witling stands at a Coffee-house Door, and sneers at those who pass by,..he is no longer Surnamed a Slicer, but a Man of Fire is the Word.
1779 Ann. Reg. 1778 Projects 124/2 This man, who is called the slicer,..pricks it with the slicing knife.
1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 16 July Young ladies..employed in the bureau as press feeders, stampers, slicers, trimmers.
1881 Academy 8 Jan. 30 A grand Zoologist and not a mere hardener and slicer of microscopic stuff.
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