What is "slice bar"

Slice \Slice\, n. [OE. slice, sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. sl[=i]zan to split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to slit. See Slit, v. t.]

1. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

2. That which is thin and broad, like a slice. Specifically:

   1. A broad, thin piece of plaster.

   2. A salver, platter, or tray. [Obs.]

   3. A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.

   4. A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. [Cant]

   5. (Shipbuilding) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

   6. (Printing) A removable sliding bottom to galley.

      Slice bar, a kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice.

n. iron bar used to loosen and rake clinkers out of furnaces