Definition of slip

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Slip (n.) A particular quantity of yarn.

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Languet :: Languet (n.) Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth..
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.
Stalwart :: Stallon (n.) A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting.
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations..
Labile :: Labile (a.) Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper..
Slip :: Slip (n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.
Scale :: Scale (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale..
Illapsable :: Illapsable (a.) Incapable of slipping, or of error..
Joggle :: Joggle (v. i.) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
Labent :: Labent (a.) Slipping; sliding; gliding.
Slippiness :: Slippiness (n.) Slipperiness.
Slipthrift :: Slipthrift (n.) A spendthrift.
Calceolate :: Calceolate (a.) Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..
Slip :: Slip (n.) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip..
Backsliding :: Backsliding (a.) Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.
Joggle :: "Joggle (n.) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like..
Slipshod :: Slipshod (a.) Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.
Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
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