Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 97
Slip (v. t.) To omit; to loose by negligence.
And slip no advantage That my secure you. -- B. Jonson.
Slip (v. t.) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
The branches also may be slipped and planted. -- Mortimer.
Slip (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
Lucento slipped me like his greyhound. -- Shak.
Slip (v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
Slip (v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
To slip a cable. (Naut.) See under Cable.
To slip off, To take off quickly; as, to slip off a coat.
To slip on, To put on in haste or loosely; as, to slip on a gown or coat.
Slip (n.) The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
Slip (n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom. -- Fuller.
Slip (n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
A native slip to us from foreign seeds. -- Shak.
The girlish slip of a Sicilian bride. -- R. Browning.
Slip (n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
Moonlit slips of silver cloud. -- Tennyson.
A thin slip of a girl, like a new moon Sure to be rounded into beauty soon. -- Longfellow.
Slip (n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer. -- Sir S. Baker.
Slip (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip. -- Shak.
Slip (n.) (Print.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
Slip (n.) Any covering easily slipped on. Specifically:
Slip (n.) A loose garment worn by a woman.
Slip (n.) A child's pinafore.
Slip (n.) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like. [R.]
Slip (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Slip (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools. [Prov. Eng.] -- Sir W. Petty.
Slip (n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.
Slip (n.) A particular quantity of yarn. [Prov. Eng.]
Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.
Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip. [U. S.]
Slip (n.) A narrow passage between buildings. [Eng.]
Slip (n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door. [U. S.]
Slip (n.) (Mining.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity. -- Knight.
Slip (n.) (Engin.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
Slip (n.) (Zool.) A fish, the sole.
Slip (n.) (Cricket.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.
Slip (n.) (Mach.) The retrograde movement on a pulley of a belt as it slips.
Slip (n.) (Mach.) In a link motion, the undesirable sliding movement of the link relatively to the link block, due to swinging of the link.
Slip (n.) (Elec.) The difference between the actual and synchronous speed of an induction motor.
Slip (n.) (Marine Insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwrites.
To give one the slip, To slip away from one; to elude one.
Slip dock. See under Dock.
Slip link (Mach.), A connecting link so arranged as to allow some play of the parts, to avoid concussion.
Slip rope (Naut.), A rope by which a cable is secured preparatory to slipping. -- Totten.
Slip stopper (Naut.), An arrangement for letting go the anchor suddenly.
Slip (n.) A socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie].
Slip (n.) A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. [syn: slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis].
Slip (n.) Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics.
Slip (n.) A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting [syn: cutting, slip].
Slip (n.) A young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad."
Slip (n.) A place where a craft can be made fast [syn: mooring, moorage, berth, slip].
Slip (n.) An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" [syn: slip, trip].
Slip (n.) A slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" [syn: slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip].
Slip (n.) Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material [syn: strip, slip].
Slip (n.) A small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip" [syn: slip, slip of paper].
Slip (n.) A woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy].
Slip (n.) Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: case, pillowcase, slip, pillow slip].
Slip (n.) An unexpected slide [syn: skid, slip, sideslip].
Slip (n.) A flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air [syn: slip, sideslip].
Slip (n.) The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) [syn: slip, elusion, eluding].
Slip (v.) Move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness" [syn: steal, slip].
Slip (v.) Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand."
Slip (v.) Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slip, slue, slew, slide].
Slip (v.) Get worse; "My grades are slipping" [syn: slip, drop off, drop away, fall away].
Slip (v.) Move smoothly and easily; "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble."
Slip (v.) To make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: err, mistake, slip].
Slip (v.) Pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" [syn: slip, sneak].
Slip (v.) Move easily; "slip into something comfortable."
Slip (v.) Cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place."
Slip (v.) Pass out of one's memory [syn: slip, slip one's mind].
Slip (v.) Move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" [syn: dislocate, luxate, splay, slip].
SLIP, () Serial Line Internet Protocol (Internet, RFC 1055), "SL/IP."
SLIP, () Serial Line Internet Protocol.
SLIP, () Symmetric LIst Processsor. Early 1960's list processing subroutine package for Fortran by J. Weizenbaum. Later also embedded in MAD and ALGOL. ["Symmetric List Processor", J. Weizenbaum CACM 6:524-544(1963). Sammet 1969, p.387].
Slipboard (n.) A board sliding in grooves. slip carriage.
Slipcoat cheese () A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white. -- Halliwell.
Slipes (v.) Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine.
Slipknot (n.) Knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made.
Slipknot (n.) A knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made.
SlipKnot, () A graphical web browser specifically designed for Microsoft Windows users who have Unix shell accounts with their service providers. Its primary feature is that it does not require SLIP or PPP or TCP/IP services. SlipKnot is distributed as restricted shareware. (2003-03-25)
Slip-on (n.) A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak. [Scot.]
Slip-on (n.) An article of clothing (garment or shoe) that is easily slipped on or off.
Slippage (n.) The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping.
Slippage (n.) A decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping.
Slippage (n.) Decline from a standard level of performance or achievement.
Slippage (n.) Failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage."
Slipper (n.) One who, or that which, slips.
Slipper (n.) A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.
Slipper (n.) A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
Slipper (n.) (Mach.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib.
Slipper animalcule (Zool.), A ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium.
Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort.
Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zool.), A boat shell.
Slipper (a.) Slippery. [Obs.]
O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope Of mortal men. -- Spenser.
Slipper (n.) Low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors [syn: slipper, carpet slipper].
Slipper (n.) A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction [syn: skidder, slider, slipper].
Slippered (a.) Wearing slippers. -- Shak.
Slippered (a.) Shod with slippers.
Slipperily (adv.) In a slippery manner.
Slipperiness (n.) The quality of being slippery.
Slipperness (n.) Slipperiness.
Slipperwort (n.) See Calceolaria.
Slippery (a.) Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.
Slippery (a.) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
Slippery (a.) Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
Slippery (a.) Liable to slip; not standing firm.
Slippery (a.) Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
Slippery (a.) Uncertain in effect.
Slippery (a.) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
Slippiness (n.) Slipperiness.
Slippy (a.) Slippery.
Slipshod (a.) Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.
Slipshod (a.) Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing.
Slipshoe (n.) A slipper.
Slipskin (a.) Evasive.
Slipslop (n.) Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing.
Slipstring (n.) One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.
Slipthrift (n.) A spendthrift.
Slish (n.) A cut; as, slish and slash.
Slit () 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.
Slit (imp. & p. p.) of Slit.
Slitted () of Slit.
Slitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slit.
Slit (n.) To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.
Slit (n.) To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or the nose.
Slit (n.) To cut; to sever; to divide.
Slit (n.) A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.
Slither (v. i.) To slide; to glide.
Slit-shell (n.) Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas.
Slitter (n.) One who, or that which, slits.
Slitting () a. & n. from Slit.
Slive (v. i.) To sneak.
Slive (v. t.) To cut; to split; to separate.
Slivered (imp. & p. p.) of Sliver.
Slivering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sliver.
Sliver (v. t.) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
Sliver (n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
Sliver (n.) A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.
Sliver (n.) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
Sloakan (n.) A species of seaweed. [Spelled also slowcawn.] See 3d Laver.
Sloam (n.) A layer of earth between coal seams.
Sloat (n.) A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; a slat; as, the sloats of a cart.
Slobber (v. t. & i.) See Slabber.
Slobber (n.) See Slabber.
Slobber (n.) A jellyfish.
Slobber (n.) Salivation.
Slobberer (n.) One who slobbers.
Slobberer (n.) A slovenly farmer; a jobbing tailor.
Slobbery (a.) Wet; sloppy, as land.
Slock (v. t.) Alt. of Slocken.
Slocken (v. t.) To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
Slocking () a. & n. from Slock.
Sloe (n.) A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.
Slogan (n.) The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry.
Sloggy (a.) Sluggish.
Sloke (n.) See Sloakan.