Definition of slip

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Slip (n.) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place..

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Sliding :: Sliding (a.) Slippery; elusory.
Scape :: Scape (n.) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
Slip :: Slip (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver..
Liable :: Liable (v. t.) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident..
Cypripedium :: Cypripedium (n.) A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.
Slip :: Slip (n.) A particular quantity of yarn.
Crupper :: Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards..
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise..
Scissel :: Scissel (n.) The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.
Slip :: Slip (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide..
Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..
Slip :: 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 :: Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like..
Slippery :: 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..
Imp :: Imp (n.) A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
Primrose :: Primrose (a.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles..
Lubrication :: Lubrication (n.) The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.
Slip :: Slip (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip..
Slip :: 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..
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