Definition of slip

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

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Slip :: Slip (n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.
Isthmus :: Isthmus (n.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
Slipcoat Cheese :: Slipcoat cheese () A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white..
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..
Slipboard :: Slipboard (n.) A board sliding in grooves.
Glib :: Glib (superl.) Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib..
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.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip..
Elm :: Elm (n.) A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva..
Palsywort :: Palsywort (n.) The cowslip (Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers.
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A fish, the sole..
Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted..
Slipping :: Slipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sli.
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.) A child's pinafore.
Slipshod :: Slipshod (a.) Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing..
Shy :: Shy (v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper..
Landslide :: Landslide (n.) The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc..
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