Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 97

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.

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