Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SLICE, n.

1. A thin broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
2. A broad piece; as, a slice of plaster. – Pope.
3. A peel; a spatula; an instrument consisting of a broad plate with a handle, used by apothecaries for spreading plasters, &c.
4. In ship-building, a tapering piece of plank to be driven between the timbers before planking. – Encyc.