Slip
Definition of Slip
| v. i. | 1. | To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; - often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place. | | 4. | 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. | | 5. | To err; to fall into error or fault. | | v. t. | 1. | To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly. | | 2. | To omit; to loose by negligence. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound. | | 5. | To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar. | | 6. | To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.| To slip a cable | | (Naut.) See under Cable. |
| | n. | 1. | The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice. | | 2. | An unintentional error or fault; a false step. | | 3. | A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine. | | 4. | A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper. | | 5. | 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. | | 6. | An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip. | | 7. | (Print.) 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. | | 8. | Any covering easily slipped on. | | 9. | A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. | | 10. | Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools. | | 11. | 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. | | 12. | A particular quantity of yarn. | | 13. | An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair. | | 14. | An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip. | | 15. | A narrow passage between buildings. | | 16. | A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door. | | 17. | (Mining.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity. | | 18. | (Engin.) 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. | | 19. | (Zool.) A fish, the sole. | | 20. | (Cricket) 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. | | 22. | (Mach.) The retrograde movement on a pulley of a belt as it slips. | | 23. | (Elec.) The difference between the actual and synchronous speed of an induction motor. | | 23. | (Marine Insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwrites.| To give one the slip | | to slip away from one; to elude one. |
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