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Slidden
(gcide) | Slidden \Slid"den\,
p. p. of Slide.
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Slidden
(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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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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