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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.) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip..

Surged :: Surge (v. i.) To slip along a windlass.

Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.

Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question..

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.

Lot :: Lot (n.) Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots..

Slip :: Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair..

Intussusception :: Intussusception (n.) The abnormal reception or slipping of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; specifically, the reception or slipping of the upper part of the small intestine into the lower; introsusception; invagination..

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.) A particular quantity of yarn.

Paigle :: Paigle (n.) A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose..

Slip :: Slip (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide..

Slip :: Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip..

Oxlip :: Oxlip (n.) The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior)..

Palsywort :: Palsywort (n.) The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers.

Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery..

Stalwart :: Stallon (n.) A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting.

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..

Snowslip :: Snowslip (n.) A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc..

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