Definition of slip

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Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip..

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Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) A small square box, made either of parchment or of black calfskin, containing slips of parchment or vellum on which are written the scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-22. They are worn by Jews on the head and left arm, on week-day mornings, during the time of prayer..
Glissette :: Glissette (n.) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity..
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..
Cheslip :: Cheslip (n.) The wood louse.
Slip :: Slip (n.) A fish, the sole..
Zest :: Zest (v. t.) To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything..
Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
Butter-fingered :: Butter-fingered (a.) Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless..
Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
Slip :: Slip (n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts..
Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain..
Spill :: Spill (n.) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc..
Scissel :: Scissel (n.) The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.
Lubricity :: Lubricity (n.) Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune..
Slip :: Slip (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide..
Scaleboard :: Scaleboard (n.) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
Slip :: Slip (n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door..
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.
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