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Slide :: Slide (n.) A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope..

Table :: Table (v. t.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf..

Pew :: Pew (n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow..

Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib..

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..

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..

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..

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

Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping..

Bedstaff :: Bedstaff (n.) A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side..

Tickle-footed :: Tickle-footed (a.) Uncertain; inconstant; slippery.

Slipping :: Slipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sli.

Sandal :: Sandal (n.) A kind of slipper.

Slip :: Slip (n.) The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice..

Slibber :: Slibber (a.) Slippery.

Snowslip :: Snowslip (n.) A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc..

Slip :: Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller..

Slipperily :: Slipperily (adv.) In a slippery manner.

Lubrical :: Lubrical (a.) Having a smooth surface; slippery.

Roan :: Roan (n.) A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco..

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