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Slide :: Slide (v. t.) Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet..

Slit :: Slit () 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

D Valve :: D valve () A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide..

Sliding :: Sliding (a.) That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.

Slide :: Slide (n.) A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope..

Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.

Shoot :: Shoot (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course..

Slidder :: Slidder (v. t.) To slide with interruption.

Landslide :: Landslide (n.) The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc..

Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question..

Cathetometer :: Cathetometer (n.) An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are th

Leaf :: Leaf (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, es

Packing :: Packing (n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides..

Faucet :: Faucet (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide..

Throw :: Throw (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston..

Slidden :: Slidden () p. p. of Slide.

Slider :: Slider (a.) See Slidder.

Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

Lap :: Lap (n.) The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below)..

Slide :: Slide (n.) The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice..

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