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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Slip \Slip\, 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. sl[c6]pan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen to slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. sl[c6]fan to slide, glide, make smooth, Icel. sl[c6]pa to whet; cf. also AS. sl[?]pan, Goth. sliupan, OS. slopian, OHG. sliofan, G. schliefen, schl[?]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. 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. Thus one tradesman slips away, To give his partner fairer play. --Prior. Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away. --Dryden. 5. To err; to fall into error or fault. There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart. --Ecclus. xix. 16. {To let slip}, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound; to allow to escape. Cry, [bd]Havoc,[b8] and let slip the dogs of war. --Shak. | |
