slasher

One that slashes.

Characterized by gory violence.

One who or that which slashes.

An instrument or appliance of various kinds used in some slashing operation.

In brickmaking, a piece of wrought-iron three feet in length, three inches wide, and three eighths of an inch thick, set in a handle about two and one half feet long and two inches in diameter, used to slash or cut through the clay in all directions with a view to detecting and picking out any small stones that may be found in it.