3 entries under this word

Slot

Slōt, v. t.

verbtransitive

[See infra.] To shut with violence; to slam, that is, to drive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray.

noun

n. [L. Ger. slot, slat, D. slot, a lock. See SLOAT.] A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.

noun

n. [Scot. sleuth. Cf. Icel. slodi, a path, Sax. sliting. Cf. SLATE, SLETE.]

The track of a deer. “As a blood-hound follows the slot of a hurt deer.” H. Scott.
(Mach.) A depression or mortise in a plate of metal, or a slit or aperture through it, for the reception of some part of a machine, either fixed as a key-bolt, or movable as a sliding adjustment.