| slovo | definícia |
slid
(mass) | slid
- slide, slide |
slid
(encz) | slid,klouzal v: Zdeněk Brož |
slid
(encz) | slid,sklouzl v: Zdeněk Brož |
slid
(encz) | slid,slide/slid/slid v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Slid
(gcide) | Slid \Slid\,
imp. & p. p. of Slide.
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Slid
(gcide) | Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. Slid; p. p. Slidden, Slid; p.
pr. & vb. n. Slidding.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[imac]dan; akin
to MHG. sl[imac]ten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled,
Lith. slidus slippery. Cf. Sled.]
1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or
without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow
slides down the mountain's side.
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2. Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth,
uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of
gravity, or on the feet.
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They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.
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3. To pass inadvertently.
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Beware thou slide not by it. --Ecclus.
xxviii. 26.
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4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
slides through the water.
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Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.
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Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
--Pope.
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5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
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Their foot shall slide in due time. --Deut. xxxii.
35.
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6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
perceptible cassation of sound.
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7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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With good hope let he sorrow slide. --Chaucer.
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With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
slid
(mass) | slid
- slide, slide |
slide
(mass) | slide
- zosúvanie, kĺzať |
slide fastener
(mass) | slide fastener
- zips |
slider
(mass) | slider
- bežec, posuvník |
sliding
(mass) | sliding
- zosúvanie |
slide
(msas) | slide
- slid, slid |
slide
(msasasci) | slide
- slid, slid |
backslid
(encz) | backslid,upadl v: Zdeněk Brož |
backslide
(encz) | backslide,upadnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
backslider
(encz) | backslider,odpadlík n: Zdeněk Brož |
bank slide
(encz) | bank slide,břehový sesuv [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hair slide
(encz) | hair slide,sponka n: Zdeněk Brož |
hair-slide
(encz) | hair-slide,sponka n: Zdeněk Brož |
landslide
(encz) | landslide,sesun n: Zdeněk Brožlandslide,sesuv n: Zdeněk Brož |
lantern slide
(encz) | lantern slide, n: |
microscope slide
(encz) | microscope slide, n: |
mudslide
(encz) | mudslide,lavina bahna n: Zdeněk Brož |
rockslide
(encz) | rockslide, n: |
slid
(encz) | slid,klouzal v: Zdeněk Brožslid,sklouzl v: Zdeněk Brožslid,slide/slid/slid v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
slide
(encz) | slide,diapozitiv slide,klouzat slide,klouzat se slide,klouznout slide,kluznice n: Zdeněk Brožslide,sesouvání n: Zdeněk Brožslide,sklouznout slide,sklouznutí Zdeněk Brožslide,skluz Pavel Machek; Gizaslide,skluzavka slide,slide/slid/slid v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladslide,uklouznout Zdeněk Brož |
slide action
(encz) | slide action, n: |
slide binder
(encz) | slide binder,násuvní hřbet n: rychlovazba Ivan Masár |
slide by
(encz) | slide by, v: |
slide down
(encz) | slide down,sklouznout |
slide fastener
(encz) | slide fastener,zdrhovadlo Zdeněk Brožslide fastener,zip n: Zdeněk Brož |
slide projector
(encz) | slide projector, |
slide rule
(encz) | slide rule, |
slide valve
(encz) | slide valve, n: |
slider
(encz) | slider,běhoun Jaroslav Šedivý |
slides
(encz) | slides,upadá v: Zdeněk Brož |
slideway
(encz) | slideway, n: |
sliding
(encz) | sliding,klouzání websliding,klouzavý adj: Zdeněk Brožsliding,sesouvání n: Zdeněk Brož |
sliding door
(encz) | sliding door,posuvné dveře Zdeněk Brož |
sliding irrigation hydrant
(encz) | sliding irrigation hydrant,výsuvný závlahový hydrant [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
sliding keel
(encz) | sliding keel, n: |
sliding parity
(encz) | sliding parity, |
sliding scale
(encz) | sliding scale,pohyblivá stupnice Zdeněk Brož |
sliding seat
(encz) | sliding seat, n: |
sliding shoe
(encz) | sliding shoe,kluznice n: Zdeněk Brož |
sliding window
(encz) | sliding window, n: |
slide/slid/slid
(czen) | slide/slid/slid,slidv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladslide/slid/slid,slidev: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Backslid
(gcide) | Backslide \Back"slide"\ (b[a^]k"sl[imac]d"; 277), v. i. [imp.
Backslid; p. p. Backslidden, Backslid; p. pr. & vb. n.
Backsliding.] [Back, adv. + slide.]
To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the
faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
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Backslidden
(gcide) | Backslide \Back"slide"\ (b[a^]k"sl[imac]d"; 277), v. i. [imp.
Backslid; p. p. Backslidden, Backslid; p. pr. & vb. n.
Backsliding.] [Back, adv. + slide.]
To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the
faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
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Backslide
(gcide) | Backslide \Back"slide"\ (b[a^]k"sl[imac]d"; 277), v. i. [imp.
Backslid; p. p. Backslidden, Backslid; p. pr. & vb. n.
Backsliding.] [Back, adv. + slide.]
To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the
faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
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Backslider
(gcide) | Backslider \Back"slid"er\, n.
One who backslides.
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Backsliding
(gcide) | Backsliding \Back"slid"ing\, n.
The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.
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Our backslidings are many. --Jer. xiv. 7.
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Backslid; p. p. Backslidden, Backslid; p. pr. & vb. n.
Backsliding.] [Back, adv. + slide.]
To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the
faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
[1913 Webster]Backsliding \Back"slid"ing\, a.
Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.
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Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. --Jer.
iii. 14.
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Fish slide
(gcide) | Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. Fishes (f[i^]sh"[e^]z), or collectively,
Fish. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch,
OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk,
Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. Piscatorial. In some
cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob.
been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
diverse characteristics, living in the water.
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2. (Zool.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
Pisces.
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Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
(sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
fishes.
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3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
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4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
(b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
used to strengthen a mast or yard.
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Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
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Age of Fishes. See under Age, n., 8.
Fish ball, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
round cake. [U.S.]
Fish bar. Same as Fish plate (below).
Fish beam (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
Fish crow (Zool.), a species of crow (Corvus ossifragus),
found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds
largely on fish.
Fish culture, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
pisciculture.
Fish davit. See Davit.
Fish day, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
Fish duck (Zool.), any species of merganser.
Fish fall, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
Fish garth, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
taking them easily.
Fish glue. See Isinglass.
Fish joint, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
railroads.
Fish kettle, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
Fish ladder, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
Fish line, or Fishing line, a line made of twisted hair,
silk, etc., used in angling.
Fish louse (Zool.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to Caligus,
Argulus, and other related genera. See Branchiura.
Fish maw (Zool.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
bladder, or sound.
Fish meal, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
soups, etc.
Fish oil, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
Fish owl (Zool.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera
Scotopelia and Ketupa, esp. a large East Indian
species (K. Ceylonensis).
Fish plate, one of the plates of a fish joint.
Fish pot, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
Fish pound, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish slice, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
fish trowel.
Fish slide, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
--Knight.
Fish sound, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
the preparation of isinglass.
Fish story, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish strainer.
(a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
boiler.
(b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
to drain the water from a boiled fish.
Fish trowel, a fish slice.
Fish weir or Fish wear, a weir set in a stream, for
catching fish.
Neither fish nor flesh, Neither fish nor fowl (Fig.),
neither one thing nor the other.
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Growing slide
(gcide) | Grow \Grow\ (gr[=o]), v. i. [imp. Grew (gr[udd]); p. p. {Grown
(gr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Growing.] [AS. gr[=o]wan; akin
to D. groeijen, Icel. gr[=o]a, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf.
Green, Grass.]
1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to
increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter
into the living organism; -- said of animals and
vegetables and their organs.
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2. To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to
be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.
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Winter began to grow fast on. --Knolles.
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Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus. --Shak.
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3. To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be
produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice
grows in warm countries.
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Where law faileth, error groweth. --Gower.
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4. To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect
from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.
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For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary. --Byron.
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5. To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
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Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
--Shak.
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Growing cell, or Growing slide, a device for preserving
alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a
manner to permit its growth to be watched under the
microscope.
Grown over, covered with a growth.
To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or
as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
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These wars have grown out of commercial
considerations. --A. Hamilton.
To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as,
grown up children.
To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by
growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. --Howells.
Syn: To become; increase; enlarge; augment; improve; expand;
extend.
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Landslide
(gcide) | Landslide \Land"slide`\, Landslip \Land"slip`\, n.
1. The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill,
etc.
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2. The land which slips down.
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3. An election victory in which the winning candidate
receives a substantial majority of the votes, usually
meaning at least ten per cent more than any opposing
candidate.
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4. Any overwhelming victory.
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Outslide
(gcide) | Outslide \Out*slide"\, v. i.
To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.
[Poetic]
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At last our grating keels outslide. --Whittier.
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Overslide
(gcide) | Overslide \O`ver*slide"\, v. t.
To slide over or by.
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Railway slide
(gcide) | Railroad \Rail"road`\ (r[=a]l"r[=o]d`), Railway \Rail"way`\
(r[=a]l"w[=a]`), n.
1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of
iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks
for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a
bed or substructure.
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Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of
the older tramway.
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2. The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings,
rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been
put into the hands of a receiver.
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Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the
commoner word in the United States.
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Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and
railway are used interchangeably:
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Atmospheric railway, Elevated railway, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Elevated, etc.
Cable railway. See Cable road, under Cable.
Ferry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated
platform runs, for carrying a train of cars across a water
course.
Gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which
the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long
distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an
elevated point by stationary engines.
Railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or
locomotives.
Railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels
fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]
Railway carriage, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]
Railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms
part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.
Railway slide. See Transfer table, under Transfer.
Railway spine (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe
concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad
accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other
disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain
in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral
disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till
some months after the injury.
Underground railroad Underground railway.
(a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as
beneath the streets of a city.
(b) Formerly, a system of cooperation among certain active
antislavery people in the United States prior to 1866,
by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
Canada.
Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was
usually used.] "Their house was a principal entrep[^o]t
of the underground railroad." --W. D. Howells.
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Slidden
(gcide) | Slidden \Slid"den\,
p. p. of Slide.
[1913 Webster]Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. Slid; p. p. Slidden, Slid; p.
pr. & vb. n. Slidding.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[imac]dan; akin
to MHG. sl[imac]ten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled,
Lith. slidus slippery. Cf. Sled.]
1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or
without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow
slides down the mountain's side.
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2. Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth,
uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of
gravity, or on the feet.
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They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.
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3. To pass inadvertently.
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Beware thou slide not by it. --Ecclus.
xxviii. 26.
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4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
slides through the water.
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Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.
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Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
--Pope.
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5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
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Their foot shall slide in due time. --Deut. xxxii.
35.
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6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
perceptible cassation of sound.
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7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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With good hope let he sorrow slide. --Chaucer.
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With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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Slidder
(gcide) | Slidder \Slid"der\, v. t. [AS. sliderian. See Slide, v. t.]
To slide with interruption. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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SlidderSlidder \Slid"der\, Slidderly \Slid"der*ly\, Sliddery
\Slid"der*y\, a. [AS. slidor. See Slide, v. t.]
Slippery. [Obs.]
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To a drunk man the way is slidder. --Chaucer.
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Slidderly
(gcide) | Slidder \Slid"der\, Slidderly \Slid"der*ly\, Sliddery
\Slid"der*y\, a. [AS. slidor. See Slide, v. t.]
Slippery. [Obs.]
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To a drunk man the way is slidder. --Chaucer.
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Sliddery
(gcide) | Slidder \Slid"der\, Slidderly \Slid"der*ly\, Sliddery
\Slid"der*y\, a. [AS. slidor. See Slide, v. t.]
Slippery. [Obs.]
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To a drunk man the way is slidder. --Chaucer.
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Slidding
(gcide) | Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. Slid; p. p. Slidden, Slid; p.
pr. & vb. n. Slidding.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[imac]dan; akin
to MHG. sl[imac]ten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled,
Lith. slidus slippery. Cf. Sled.]
1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or
without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow
slides down the mountain's side.
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2. Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth,
uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of
gravity, or on the feet.
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They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.
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3. To pass inadvertently.
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Beware thou slide not by it. --Ecclus.
xxviii. 26.
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4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
slides through the water.
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Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.
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Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
--Pope.
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5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
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Their foot shall slide in due time. --Deut. xxxii.
35.
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6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
perceptible cassation of sound.
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7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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With good hope let he sorrow slide. --Chaucer.
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With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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Slide
(gcide) | Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. Slid; p. p. Slidden, Slid; p.
pr. & vb. n. Slidding.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[imac]dan; akin
to MHG. sl[imac]ten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled,
Lith. slidus slippery. Cf. Sled.]
1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or
without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow
slides down the mountain's side.
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2. Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth,
uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of
gravity, or on the feet.
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They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.
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3. To pass inadvertently.
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Beware thou slide not by it. --Ecclus.
xxviii. 26.
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4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
slides through the water.
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Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.
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Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
--Pope.
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5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
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Their foot shall slide in due time. --Deut. xxxii.
35.
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6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
perceptible cassation of sound.
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7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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With good hope let he sorrow slide. --Chaucer.
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With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
[1913 Webster]Slide \Slide\, v. t.
1. To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece
of timber along another.
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2. To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a
word to vary the sense of a question.
[1913 Webster]Slide \Slide\, n. [AS. sl[imac]de.]
1. The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
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2. Smooth, even passage or progress.
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A better slide into their business. --Bacon.
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3. That on which anything moves by sliding. Specifically:
(a) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the
force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain
side for conveying logs by sliding them down.
(b) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for
amusement.
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4. That which operates by sliding. Specifically:
(a) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding
over it.
(b) (Mach.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or
parts along which it slides.
(c) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.
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5. A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or
delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern,
stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object
to be examined with a microscope.
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6. The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill
or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also,
the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
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7. (Geol.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line
of fissure. --Dana.
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8. (Mus.)
(a) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving
by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note
either above or below.
(b) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the
sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to
produce the tones between the fundamental and its
harmonics.
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9. (Phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the
position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into
another sound.
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10. (Steam Engine)
(a) Same as Guide bar, under Guide.
(b) A slide valve.
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Slide box (Steam Engine), a steam chest. See under Steam.
Slide lathe, an engine lathe. See under Lathe.
Slide rail, a transfer table. See under Transfer.
Slide rest (Turning lathes), a contrivance for holding,
moving, and guiding, the cutting tool, made to slide on
ways or guides by screws or otherwise, and having compound
motion.
Slide rule, a mathematical instrument consisting of two
parts, one of which slides upon the other, for the
mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and,
by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and
division.
Slide valve.
(a) Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by
sliding over a port.
(b) A particular kind of sliding valve, often used in
steam engines for admitting steam to the piston and
releasing it, alternately, having a cuplike cavity in
its face, through which the exhaust steam passes. It
is situated in the steam chest, and moved by the
valve gear. It is sometimes called a D valve, -- a
name which is also applied to a semicylindrical pipe
used as a sliding valve.
[1913 Webster] In the illustration, a is the cylinder
of a steam engine, in which plays the piston p; b the
steam chest, receiving its supply from the pipe i,
and containing the slide valve s, which is shown as
admitting steam to one end of the cylinder through
the port e, and opening communication between the
exhaust passage f and the port c, for the release of
steam from the opposite end of the cylinder.
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