(1):

(n.) Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.

(2):

(v. t.) To crack or snap, as a whip.

(3):

(v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.

(4):

(n.) A long cut; a cut made at random.

(5):

(n.) A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.

(6):

(v. t.) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

(7):

(v. t.) To lash; to ply the whip to.

(8):

(n.) A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency.