(n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding,
rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
(n.) To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread
firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should
slip.
(n.) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out,
off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
(n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if
by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors
slipped into the work.
(n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.
(v. t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey
gently or secretly.
(v. t.) To omit; to loose by negligence.
(v. t.) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or
slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
(v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
(v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a
horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
(v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
(n.) The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
(n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
(n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion;
hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
(n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
(n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from
its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by
relaxation of the hand.
(n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one
the 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.
(n.) Any covering easily slipped on.
(n.) A loose garment worn by a woman.
(n.) A child's pinafore.
(n.) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
(n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like.
(n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with
silver.
(n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of
edge tools.
(n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration
of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied
parts.
(n.) A particular quantity of yarn.
(n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which
it is hauled for repair.
(n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or
in a dock; as, Peck slip.
(n.) A narrow passage between buildings.
(n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
(n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
(n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a
paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally,
or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which
she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also,
the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of
water produced by the propeller.
(n.) A fish, the sole.
(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.
