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Webster 1913 Edition

Slip

Slip

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slipped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slipping
.]
[OE.
slippen
; akin to LG. & D.
slippen
, MHG.
slipfen
(cf. Dan.
slippe
, Sw.
slippa
, Icel.
sleppa
), and fr. OE.
slipen
, AS.
slīpan
(in comp.), akin to G.
schleifen
to slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG.
slīfan
to slide, glide, make smooth, Icel.
slīpa
to whet; cf. also AS.
sl[GREEK]pan
, Goth.
sliupan
, OS.
slopian
, OHG.
sliofan
, G.
schliefen
,
schl[GREEK]pfen
, which seem to come from a somewhat different root form. Cf.
Slope
,
Noun.
]
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
.
Thus one tradesman
slips
away,
To give his partner fairer play.
Prior.
Thrice the flitting shadow
slipped
away.
Dryden.
5.
To err; to fall into error or fault.
There is one that
slippeth
in his speech, but not from his heart.
Ecclus. xix. 16.
To let slip
,
to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound; to allow to escape.
Cry, “Havoc,” and
let slip
the dogs of war.
Shakespeare

Slip

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
He tried to
slip
a powder into her drink.
Arbuthnot.
2.
To omit; to loose by negligence.
And
slip
no advantage
That my secure you.
B. Jonson.
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
.
The branches also may be
slipped
and planted.
Mortimer.
4.
To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
Lucento
slipped
me like his greyhound.
Shakespeare
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
.
–
To slip off
,
to take off quickly;
as,
to slip off
a coat
.
–
To slip on
,
to put on in haste or loosely;
as,
to slip on
a gown or coat
.

Slip

,
Noun.
[AS.
slipe
,
slip
.]
1.
The act of slipping;
as, a
slip
on the ice
.
2.
An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
This good man's
slip
mended his pace to martyrdom.
Fuller.
3.
A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant;
as, a
slip
from a vine
.
A native
slip
to us from foreign seeds.
Shakespeare
The girlish
slip
of a Sicilian bride.
R. Browning.
4.
A slender piece; a strip;
as, a
slip
of paper
.
Moonlit
slips
of silver cloud.
Tennyson.
A thin
slip
of a girl, like a new moon
Sure to be rounded into beauty soon.
Longfellow.
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.
We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the
slips
, in search of deer.
Sir S. Baker.
6.
An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion;
as, to give one the
slip
.
Shak.
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.
Specifically:
(a)
A loose garment worn by a woman.
(b)
A child's pinafore.
(c)
An outside covering or case;
as, a pillow
slip
.
(d)
The
slip
or sheath of a sword, and the like.
[R.]
9.
A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.
[Obs.]
Shak.
10.
Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
[Prov. Eng.]
Sir W. Petty.
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.
[Prov. Eng.]
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
.
[U. S.]
15.
A narrow passage between buildings.
[Eng.]
16.
A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
[U. S.]
17.
(Mining.)
A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
Knight.
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
.
To give one the slip
,
to slip away from one; to elude one.
–
Slip dock
.
See under
Dock
.
–
Slip link
(Mach.)
,
a connecting link so arranged as to allow some play of the parts, to avoid concussion.
–
Slip rope
(Naut.)
,
a rope by which a cable is secured preparatory to slipping.
Totten.
–
Slip stopper
(Naut.)
,
an arrangement for letting go the anchor suddenly.

Webster 1828 Edition

Slip

SLIP

,
Verb.
I.
[L. labor, to slide.]
1.
To slide; to glide; to move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling or stepping.
2.
To slide; not to tread firmly. Walk carefully, lest your foot should slip.
3.
TO move or fly out of place; usually without; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
4.
To sneak; to slink; to depart or withdraw secretly; with away. Thus one tradesman slips away to give his partner fairer play.
5.
To err; to fall into error or fault. One slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.
6.
To glide; to pass unexpectedly or imperceptibly. And thrice the flitting shadow slipp'd away.
7.
To enter by oversight. An error may slip into a copy, notwithstanding all possible car.
8.
To escape insensibly; to be lost. Use the most proper methods to retain the ideas you have acquired, for the mind is ready to let many of them slip.

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