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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 (v. t.) To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

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..

Recidivous :: Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.

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

Coast :: Coast (n.) To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice..

Lap :: Lap (n.) The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below)..

Slip :: Slip (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..

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 slide valve.

Slider :: Slider (a.) See Slidder.

Horse :: Horse (a.) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon.

Landslide :: Landslide (n.) The land which slips down.

Slit :: Slit () 3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

D Valve :: D valve () A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide..

Faucet :: Faucet (n.) A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide..

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..

Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..

Landslide :: Landslide (n.) The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc..

Slide :: Slide (n.) That which operates by sliding.

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