Definition of slide

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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..

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Slide :: Slide (n.) Smooth, even passage or progress..
Overslide :: Overslide (v. t.) To slide over or by.
Landslide :: Landslide (n.) The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc..
Runner :: Runner (n.) One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
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..
Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow..
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..
Packing :: Packing (n.) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides..
Backslide :: Backslide (v. i.) To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking..
Recidivate :: Recidivate (v. i.) To backslide; to fall again.
Sliding :: Sliding (a.) That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.
Coast :: Coast (n.) To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice..
Backslider :: Backslider (n.) One who backslides.
Slidegroat :: Slidegroat (n.) The game of shovelboard.
Slider :: Slider (n.) One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine..
Slue :: Slue (v. i.) To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A slide, modulation, or accent of the voice; as, the rising and the falling inflection..
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