Definition of slip

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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..

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Slip :: Slip (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
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..
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
Cheslip :: Cheslip (n.) The wood louse.
Joggle :: Joggle (v. i.) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
Slip :: 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.
Shy :: Shy (v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper..
Calceolate :: Calceolate (a.) Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..
Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side..
Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar..
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..
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..
Slipknot :: Slipknot (n.) knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made.
Slip :: Slip (n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.
Crupper :: Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards..
Slape :: Slape (a.) Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical.
Gilbbery :: Gilbbery (a.) Slippery; changeable.
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..
Slipes :: Slipes (v.) Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine.
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