v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Slipped p. pr. & vb. n. Slipping. ] [ OE. slippen; akin to LG. & D. slippen, MHG. slipfen (cf. Dan. slippe, Sw. slippa, Icel. sleppa), and fr. OE. slipen, AS. slīpan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen to slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. slīfan to slide, glide, make smooth, Icel. slīpa to whet; cf. also AS. sl&unr_;pan, Goth. sliupan, OS. slopian, OHG. sliofan, G. schliefen, schl&unr_;pfen, which seem to come from a somewhat different root form. Cf. Slope, n. ] 1. To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus one tradesman slips away,
To give his partner fairer play. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To err; to fall into error or fault. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart. Ecclus. xix. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

To let slip, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound; to allow to escape. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cry, “Havoc, ” and let slip the dogs of war. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly. [ 1913 Webster ]

He tried to slip a powder into her drink. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To omit; to loose by negligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

And slip no advantage
That my secure you. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The branches also may be slipped and planted. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lucento slipped me like his greyhound. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink. [ 1913 Webster ]

To slip a cable. (Naut.) See under Cable. --
To slip off, to take off quickly; as, to slip off a coat. --
To slip on, to put on in haste or loosely; as, to slip on a gown or coat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. slipe, slip. ] 1. The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step. [ 1913 Webster ]

This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine. [ 1913 Webster ]

A native slip to us from foreign seeds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The girlish slip of a Sicilian bride. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moonlit slips of silver cloud. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thin slip of a girl, like a new moon
Sure to be rounded into beauty soon. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer. Sir S. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Print.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Any covering easily slipped on. Specifically: (a) A loose garment worn by a woman. (b) A child's pinafore. (c) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip. (d) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

9. A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools. [ Prov. Eng. ] Sir W. Petty. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. A particular quantity of yarn. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

13. An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair. [ 1913 Webster ]

14. An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

15. A narrow passage between buildings. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

16. A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

17. (Mining.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

18. (Engin.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

19. (Zool.) A fish, the sole. [ 1913 Webster ]

20. (Cricket) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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22.(Mach.) (a) The retrograde movement on a pulley of a belt as it slips. (b) In a link motion, the undesirable sliding movement of the link relatively to the link block, due to swinging of the link. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

23. (Elec.) The difference between the actual and synchronous speed of an induction motor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

23. (Marine Insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwrites. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

To give one the slip, to slip away from one; to elude one. --
Slip dock. See under Dock. --
Slip link (Mach.), a connecting link so arranged as to allow some play of the parts, to avoid concussion. --
Slip rope (Naut.), a rope by which a cable is secured preparatory to slipping. Totten. --
Slip stopper (Naut.), an arrangement for letting go the anchor suddenly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A board sliding in grooves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great
Syn. -- slip friction clutch. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached without stopping the train. [ British ]
Syn. -- slip coach [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Cf. Slip, v. ] Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made. [ 1913 Webster ]