Definition of slip

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Slip (n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.

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Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise..
Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping..
Zest :: Zest (v. t.) To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything..
Allonge :: Allonge (v.) A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider..
Slipthrift :: Slipthrift (n.) A spendthrift.
Slip :: Slip (n.) A narrow passage between buildings.
Label :: Label (n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal..
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib..
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Uncertain in effect.
Slipes :: Slipes (v.) Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine.
Slip :: Slip (n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work..
Sliding :: Sliding (a.) Slippery; elusory.
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside..
Bedstaff :: Bedstaff (n.) A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side..
Slip :: Slip (n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.
Slip :: 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..
Miscue :: Miscue (n.) A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired..
Cypripedium :: Cypripedium (n.) A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.
Trombone :: Trombone (n.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whos
Slip :: Slip (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity..
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