Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

2. (v. t.) That which is thin and broad, like a slice.

3. (n.) A broad, thin piece of plaster.

4. (n.) A salver, platter, or tray.

5. (n.) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.

6. (n.) 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.

7. (n.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

8. (n.) A removable sliding bottom to galley.

9. (v. t.) To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.

10. (v. t.) To cut into parts; to divide.

11. (v. t.) To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.