Definition of slip

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Slip (n.) A particular quantity of yarn.

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Bedstaff :: Bedstaff (n.) A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side..
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep..
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) One who, or that which, slips..
Macule :: Macule (n.) A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle..
Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.
Slip :: Slip (n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
Trochoid :: Trochoid (n.) The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are all trochoids..
Snakehead :: Snakehead (n.) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car..
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver..
Slip :: Slip (n.) 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..
Slipping :: Slipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sli.
Sliddery :: Sliddery (v. t.) Slippery.
Scotch :: Scotch (n.) A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground..
Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal..
Lubrical :: Lubrical (a.) Having a smooth surface; slippery.
Tickle-footed :: Tickle-footed (a.) Uncertain; inconstant; slippery.
Slippy :: Slippy (a.) Slippery.
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