From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slip \Slip\, 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]
[1913 Webster]
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 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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Slip \Slip\, 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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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[imac]pan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen
to slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. sl[imac]fan to slide,
glide, make smooth, Icel. sl[imac]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.
[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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pew \Pew\ (p[=u]), n. [OE. pewe, OF. puie parapet, balustrade,
balcony, fr. L. podium an elevated place, a jutty, balcony, a
parapet or balcony in the circus, where the emperor and other
distinguished persons sat, Gr. po`dion, dim. of poy`s,
podo`s, foot; -- hence the Latin sense of a raised place
(orig. as a rest or support for the foot). See Foot, and
cf. Podium, Poy.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall,
formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a
pen; a sheepfold. [Obs.] --Pepys. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Pew opener, an usher in a church. [Eng.] --Dickens.
[1913 Webster]