2. (Elec.) The difference between the actual and synchronous
speed of an induction motor.
3. (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.
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, ``Havoc,'' and let slip the dogs of war.
--Shak.
2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom.
--Fuller.
3. A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion;
hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
A native slip to us from foreign seeds. --Shak.
The girlish slip of a Sicilian bride. --R. Browning.
4. A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
Moonlit slips of silver cloud. --Tennyson.
A thin slip of a girl, like a new moon Sure to be
rounded into beauty soon. --Longfellow.
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.
We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck
and Lena in the slips, in search of deer. --Sir S.
Baker.
6. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give
one the slip. --Shak.
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.
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.]
9. A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with
silver. [Obs.] --Shak.
10. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding
of edge tools. [Prov. Eng.] --Sir W. Petty.
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.
12. A particular quantity of yarn. [Prov. Eng.]
13. An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon
which it is hauled for repair.
14. An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between
wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip. [U. S.]
15. A narrow passage between buildings. [Eng.]
16. A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a
door. [U. S.]
17. (Mining.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
--Knight.
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.
19. (Zo["o]l.) A fish, the sole.
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}.
He tried to slip a powder into her drink.
--Arbuthnot.
2. To omit; to loose by negligence.
And slip no advantage That my secure you. --B.
Jonson.
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.
The branches also may be slipped and planted.
--Mortimer.
4. To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
Lucento slipped me like his greyhound. --Shak.
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.
{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.
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.
{Pew opener}, an usher in a church. [Eng.] --Dickens.