Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v. t.) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

2. (v. t.) To lash; to ply the whip to.

3. (v. t.) To crack or snap, as a whip.

4. (v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.

5. (n.) A long cut; a cut made at random.

6. (n.) A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.

7. (n.) Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.