Slip (v. t.) To omit; to loose by negligence.
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.
Slip (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
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.
Slip (n.) The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
Slip (n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
Slip (n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
Slip (n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
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.
Slip (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.
Slip (n.) 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.
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.
Slip (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.
Slip (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
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.
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.
Slip (n.) A narrow passage between buildings.
Slip (n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
Slip (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
Slip (n.) 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.) A fish, the sole.
Slip (n.) 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.
Slipboard (n.) A board sliding in grooves.
Slipcoat cheese () A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white.
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.
Slip-on (n.) A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.
Slippage (n.) The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping.
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.) 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 (a.) Slippery.
Slippered (a.) Wearing 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.