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Slip (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slipping.] [OE. slippen; akin to LG. & D. slippen, MHG. slipfen (cf. Dan. slippe, Sw. slippa, Icel. sleppa), and fr. OE. slipen, AS. sl&ī;pan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen to slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. sl&ī;fan to slide, glide, make smooth, Icel. sl&ī;pa to whet; cf. also AS. sl&unr_;pan, Goth. sliupan, OS. slopian, OHG. sliofan, G. schliefen, schl&unr_;pfen, which seem to come from a somewhat different root form. Cf. Slope, n.] 1. To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
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2. To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.
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3. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
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4. To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.
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Thus one tradesman slips away,
To give his partner fairer play. Prior.
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Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away. Dryden.
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5. To err; to fall into error or fault.
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There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart. Ecclus. xix. 16.
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To let slip, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound; to allow to escape.
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Cry, “Havoc,” and let slip the dogs of war. Shak.
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Slip (?), v. t. 1. To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
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He tried to slip a powder into her drink. Arbuthnot.
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2. To omit; to loose by negligence.
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And slip no advantage
That my secure you. B. Jonson.
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3. 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.
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The branches also may be slipped and planted. Mortimer.
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4. To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
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Lucento slipped me like his greyhound. Shak.
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5. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
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6. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
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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.
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Slip, n. [AS. slipe, slip.] 1. The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
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2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
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This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom. Fuller.
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3. A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
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A native slip to us from foreign seeds. Shak.
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The girlish slip of a Sicilian bride. R. Browning.
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4. A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
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Moonlit slips of silver cloud. Tennyson.
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A thin slip of a girl, like a new moon
Sure to be rounded into beauty soon. Longfellow.
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5. 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.
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We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer. Sir S. Baker.
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6. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip. Shak.
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7. (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.
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8. Any covering easily slipped on. Specifically: (a) A loose garment worn by a woman. (b) A child's pinafore. (c) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip. (d) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like. [R.]
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9. A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. [Obs.] Shak.
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10. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools. [Prov. Eng.] Sir W. Petty.
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11. 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.
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12. A particular quantity of yarn. [Prov. Eng.]
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13. An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.
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14. An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip. [U. S.]
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15. A narrow passage between buildings. [Eng.]
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16. A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door. [U. S.]
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17. (Mining.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity. Knight.
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18. (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.
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19. (Zo&ö;l.) A fish, the sole.
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20. (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.
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22.(Mach.) (a) The retrograde movement on a pulley of a belt as it slips. (b) In a link motion, the undesirable sliding movement of the link relatively to the link block, due to swinging of the link.
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23. (Elec.) The difference between the actual and synchronous speed of an induction motor.
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23. (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.
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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.
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