The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
slitting \slit"ting\ (sl[i^]t"t[i^]ng),
a. & n. from slit.
[1913 Webster]
slitting file. See Illust.
(i) of sile.
slitting mill.
(a) A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into narrow
strips, as nail rods, and the like.
(b) A machine used by lapidaries for slicing stones, usually
by means of a revolving disk, called a slicer, supplied
with diamond powder.
slitting roller, one of a pair of rollers furnished with
ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller,
and cutting like shears, -- used in slitting metals.
[1913 Webster]