Slider : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Slider	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Slider
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slider n a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction Synonym(s): skidder, slider, slipper someone who races the luge Synonym(s): luger, slider freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets Synonym(s): slider, yellow-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys scripta a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slider \Slid"er\, a. See {Slidder}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slider \Slid"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa}). [Local, U. S. ] {Slider pump}, a form of rotary pump.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys acebra}) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa}), native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also {potter}, {slider}, and {redfender}), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys palustris}), are the most important American species. The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States. {Alligator terrapin}, the snapping turtle. {Mud terrapin}, any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus {Cinosternon}. {Painted terrapin}, the painted turtle. See under {Painted}. {Speckled terrapin}, a small fresh-water American terrapin ({Chelopus guttatus}) having the carapace black with round yellow spots; -- called also {spotted turtle}.