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

Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim..

Slide :: Slide (n.) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below..

Slide :: Slide (n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound..

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..

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

Overslide :: Overslide (v. t.) To slide over or by.

Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship..

Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To pass inadvertently.

Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

Gunter Rig :: Gunter rig () A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast.

Shears :: Shears (n.) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe..

Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..

Slide :: Slide (n.) That on which anything moves by sliding.

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

Landslide :: Landslide (n.) The land which slips down.

Scene :: Scene (n.) The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes..

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.

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

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..

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