Definition of slip

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Slip (n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand..

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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.
Trochoid :: Trochoid (n.) The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are all trochoids..
Illapsable :: Illapsable (a.) Incapable of slipping, or of error..
Slip :: Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip..
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..
Snakehead :: Snakehead (n.) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car..
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise..
Parceling :: Parceling (n.) Long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and wound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used, also, in mousing on the stayes, etc..
Slippy :: Slippy (a.) Slippery.
Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping..
Cypripedium :: Cypripedium (n.) A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
Slipperness :: Slipperness (n.) Slipperiness.
Slip :: Slip (n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine..
Garter :: Garter (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
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..
Butterfish :: Butterfish (n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand..
Snowslip :: Snowslip (n.) A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc..
Slip :: Slip (n.) Any covering easily slipped on.
Shy :: Shy (v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper..
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