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Slip [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A sliding; act of slipping.

2. An unintentional error or fault.

3. A twig separated from the main stock; as the slip of a vine.

4. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being so made as to slip or become loose by relaxation of the hand.

5. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.

6. A long narrow piece; as a slip of paper.

7. A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. [Not in use.]

8. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge-tools.

9. A particular quantity of yarn.

10. An opening between wharves or in a dock.

11. A place having a gradual descent on the bank of a river or harbor, convenient for ship-building.

12. A long seat or narrow pew in churches.

13. A board sliding in grooves.

14. A bow-knot; a knot which will not beat a strain, or which os easily untied.

Slip [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To slide; to glide; to move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling or stepping.

2. To slide; not to tread firmly. Walk carefully, lest your foot should slip

3. TO move or fly out of place; usually without; as, a bone may slip out of its place.

4. To sneak; to slink; to depart or withdraw secretly; with away. Thus one tradesman slips away to give his partner fairer play.

5. To err; to fall into error or fault. One slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.

6. To glide; to pass unexpectedly or imperceptibly. And thrice the flitting shadow slipp'd away.

7. To enter by oversight. An error may slip into a copy, notwithstanding all possible car.

8. To escape insensibly; to be lost. Use the most proper methods to retain the ideas you have acquired, for the mind is ready to let many of them slip

Slip [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To convey secretly. He tried to slip a powder into her drink.

2. To omit; to lose by negligence. Let us not slip the occasion. And slip no advantage that may secure you.

3. To part twigs from the branches or stem of a tree. The branches also may be slipped and planted.

4. To escape from; to leave slily. Lucentio slipp'd me like his greyhound. From is here understood.

5. To let loose; as, to slip the hounds.

6. To throw off; to disengage one's self from; as, a horse slip his bridle.

7. To pass over or omit negligently; as, to slip over that main points of a subject.

8. To tear off; as, to slip off a twig.

9. To suffer abortion; to miscarry; as a beast.

10. TO slip A CABLE , to veer out and let go the end.

11. TO slip ON , to put on in haste or loosely; as to slip on a gown or coat.

Slip [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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.

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

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.

5. To err; to fall into error or fault.

6. The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.

7. An unintentional error or fault; a false step.

8. A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.

9. A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.

10. 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.

11. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.

12. 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.

13. Any covering easily slipped on.

14. A loose garment worn by a woman.

15. A child's pinafore.

16. An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.

17. The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like.

18. A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.

19. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.

20. 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.

21. A particular quantity of yarn.

22. An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.

23. An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.

24. A narrow passage between buildings.

25. A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.

26. A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.

27. 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.

28. A fish, the sole.

29. 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.

Slip [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

2. To omit; to loose by negligence.

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.

4. To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.

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

6. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

Slip-on [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.

Slipboard [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A board sliding in grooves.

Slipcoat cheese Webster's Dictionary 1913

A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white.

Slipes [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine.

Slipknot [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made.

Slippage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping.

Slipped [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Slipper [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Slippery [Not in use.]

Slipper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A kind of shoe consisting of a sole and vamp without quarters, which may be slipped on with ease and worn in undress; a slip-shoe.

2. A kind of apron for children, to be slipped over their other clothes to keep them clean.

3. A plant. [Latin crepis.]

4. A kind of iron slide or lock for the use of a heavy wagon.

Slipper [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Slippery.

Slipper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who, or that which, slips.

2. A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.

3. A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

4. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

5. A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib.

Slippered [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Wearing slippers.

Slippered [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wearing slippers.

Slipperily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a slippery manner.

Slipperily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a slippery manner.

Slipperiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The state or quality of being slippery; lubricity; smoothness; glibness; as the slipperiness of ice or snow; the slipperiness of the tongue.

2. Uncertainty; want of firm footing.

3. Lubricity of character.

Slipperiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being slippery.

Slipperness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Slipperiness.

Slipperwort [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Calceolaria.

Slippery [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Smooth; glib; having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; as, oily substances render things slippery

2. Not affording firm footing or confidence; as a slippery promise. The slipp'ry tops of human state.

3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. The slipp'ry god will try to loose his hold.

4. Not standing firm, as slippery standers.

5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; as the slippery state of kings.

6. Not certain in its effect; as a slippery trick.

7. Lubrious; wanton; unchaste.

Slippery [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.

2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.

3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.

4. Liable to slip; not standing firm.

5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.

6. Uncertain in effect.

7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

Slippiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Slipperiness.

Slipping [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Slippy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Slippery. [Not in use.]

Slippy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Slippery.

Slipshod [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Wearing shoes like slippers, without pulling up the quarters.

Slipshod [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.

2. Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing.

Slipshoe [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A slipper.

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Deuteronomy 4:9

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

Deuteronomy 19:5

As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

Deuteronomy 32:35

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

1 Samuel 19:10

And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.

1 Samuel 27:1

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

2 Samuel 4:6

And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.

2 Samuel 20:8

When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

2 Samuel 22:37

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

1 Kings 20:42

And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”

Job 12:5

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

Psalms 17:5

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.

Psalms 18:36

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

Psalms 35:6

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.

Psalms 38:16

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

Psalms 66:9

Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.

Psalms 73:2

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.

Psalms 73:18

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

Psalms 94:18

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.

Psalms 121:3

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

Psalms 124:7

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.