Definition of slip

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Slip (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

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Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations..
Slip :: Slip (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide..
Languet :: Languet (n.) Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth..
Slip :: Slip (n.) The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice..
Slipboard :: Slipboard (n.) A board sliding in grooves.
Slippy :: Slippy (a.) Slippery.
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep..
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..
Slip :: Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like..
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
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..
Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
Roan :: Roan (n.) A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco..
Slip :: Slip (n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
Slippiness :: Slippiness (n.) Slipperiness.
Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound..
Oxlip :: Oxlip (n.) The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior)..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping..
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..
Cypripedium :: Cypripedium (n.) A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.
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