Definition of slip

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Slip (n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine..

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Brob :: Brob (n.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping..
Slabbery :: Slabbery (a.) Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy..
Calceolaria :: Calceolaria (n.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name..
Calk :: Calk (n.) A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin..
Slipcoat Cheese :: Slipcoat cheese () A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity..
Isthmus :: Isthmus (n.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc..
Garter :: Garter (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe..
Calceiform :: Calceiform (a.) Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate..
Paigle :: Paigle (n.) A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose..
Slip :: Slip (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
Slippage :: Slippage (n.) The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping..
Paster :: Paster (n.) A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot..
Elapse :: Elapse (v. i.) To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A particular quantity of yarn.
Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
Gliddery :: Gliddery (a.) Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery.
Scape :: Scape (n.) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..
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