Slip"per (?), n. 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. (Mach.) A piece, usually a plate,
applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of
adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib.
Slipper animalcule (Zoöl.), a
ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. --
Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort. -
- Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell
(Zoöl.), a boat shell.
Slip"per, a. [AS. slipur.]
Slippery. [Obs.]
O! trustless state of earthly things, and
slipper hope
Of mortal men.
Spenser.
Slip"per (?), n. 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. (Mach.) A piece, usually a plate,
applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of
adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib.
Slipper animalcule (Zoöl.), a
ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. --
Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort. -
- Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell
(Zoöl.), a boat shell.
Slip"per, a. [AS. slipur.]
Slippery. [Obs.]
O! trustless state of earthly things, and
slipper hope
Of mortal men.
Spenser.
