Definition of slip

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Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like..

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Slabbery :: Slabbery (a.) Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
Slipperwort :: Slipperwort (n.) See Calceolaria.
Slipshod :: Slipshod (a.) Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.
Gib :: Gib (n.) A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..
Drill :: Drill (v. t.) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
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..
Table :: Table (v. t.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf..
Slipped :: Slipped (imp. & p. p.) of Sli.
Slipthrift :: Slipthrift (n.) A spendthrift.
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.
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.
Slip :: Slip (n.) Any covering easily slipped on.
Scaleboard :: Scaleboard (n.) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
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..
Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet..
Tonophant :: Tonophant (n.) A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket..
Slip :: Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like..
Slip :: Slip (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip..
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