Definition of slip

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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..

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Surged :: Surge (v. i.) To slip along a windlass.
Stealer :: Steal (v. i.) To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively..
Slibber :: Slibber (a.) Slippery.
Bilk :: Bilk (v. t.) To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor..
Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib..
Oxlip :: Oxlip (n.) The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior)..
Calceolate :: Calceolate (a.) Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.
Slip :: Slip (n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip..
Landslide :: Landslide (n.) The land which slips down.
Bewit :: Bewit (n.) A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.
Joggle :: Joggle (v. i.) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
Rand :: Rand (n.) A thin inner sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before attaching the heel..
Tickle-footed :: Tickle-footed (a.) Uncertain; inconstant; slippery.
Backsliding :: Backsliding (a.) Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.
Slipstring :: Slipstring (n.) One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.
Bedstaff :: Bedstaff (n.) A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side..
Dock :: Dock (n.) The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock..
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