a thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.-that which is thin and broad, like a slice.-a broad, thin piece of plaster.-a salver, platter, or tray.-a knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.-a plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.-one of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.-a removable sliding bottom to galley.-to cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.-to cut into parts; to divide.-to clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.