slit

A narrow cut or opening; a slot.

The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].

The vulva.

[…]I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit[…]

A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

To cut a narrow opening.

He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.

To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.

To cut; to sever; to divide.

And slits the thin-spun life.

Having a cut narrow opening.