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Backsliding :: Backsliding (n.) The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.

Link Motion :: Link motion () A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines..

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

Spline :: Spline (n.) A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece..

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..

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

Slip :: 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..

Slide :: Slide (n.) Same as Guide bar, under Guide..

Travel :: Travel (n.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve..

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.

Trammel :: Trammel (n.) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil..

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.

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..

Slide :: Slide (n.) Smooth, even passage or progress..

Skip :: Skip (n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock..

Slip :: Slip (n.) 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..

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..

Lames :: Lames (n. pl.) Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.

Slide :: Slide (n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.

Top :: Top (n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting..

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