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Travel :: Travel (n.) The length of stroke of a reciprocating piece; as, the travel of a slide valve..

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed..

Shoot :: Shoot (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course..

Slide :: Slide (n.) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down..

Slide :: Slide (n.) That on which anything moves by sliding.

Slue :: Slue (v. i.) To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.

Slid :: Slid () imp. & p. p. of Slide.

Slider :: Slider (n.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).

Spline :: Spline (n.) A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece..

Slide :: Slide (n.) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below..

Slide :: Slide (n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.

Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking..

Slide :: Slide (n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.

Cathetometer :: Cathetometer (n.) An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are th

Top :: Top (n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting..

Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow..

Slide :: Slide (n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress..

Slide :: Slide (n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound..

Launch :: Launch (v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship..

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