| slovo | definícia |
slide
(mass) | slide
- zosúvanie, kĺzať |
slide
(msas) | slide
- slid, slid |
slide
(msasasci) | slide
- slid, slid |
slide
(encz) | slide,diapozitiv |
slide
(encz) | slide,klouzat |
slide
(encz) | slide,klouzat se |
slide
(encz) | slide,klouznout |
slide
(encz) | slide,kluznice n: Zdeněk Brož |
slide
(encz) | slide,sesouvání n: Zdeněk Brož |
slide
(encz) | slide,sklouznout |
slide
(encz) | slide,sklouznutí Zdeněk Brož |
slide
(encz) | slide,skluz Pavel Machek; Giza |
slide
(encz) | slide,skluzavka |
slide
(encz) | slide,slide/slid/slid v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
slide
(encz) | slide,uklouznout Zdeněk Brož |
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.
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Slide
(gcide) | 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.
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Slide
(gcide) | 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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slide
(wn) | slide
n 1: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens
can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: slide,
microscope slide]
2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or
snow etc.
3: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the
violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn:
swoop, slide]
4: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children
can slide [syn: slide, playground slide, sliding board]
5: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in
contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of
the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy
slope" [syn: slide, glide, coast]
6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide
projector [syn: slide, lantern slide]
7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn:
chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough]
v 1: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn:
skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]
2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through
the wicket in the big gate" [syn: slither, slide]
3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the
other gambler" |
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slide
(mass) | slide
- zosúvanie, kĺzať |
slide fastener
(mass) | slide fastener
- zips |
slider
(mass) | slider
- bežec, posuvník |
slide
(msas) | slide
- slid, slid |
slide
(msasasci) | slide
- slid, slid |
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: |
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: |
slide/slid/slid
(czen) | slide/slid/slid,slidv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladslide/slid/slid,slidev: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
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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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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slide bar
(gcide) | Guide \Guide\, n. [OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See Guide,
v. t.]
1. A person who leads or directs another in his way or
course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of
interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which
guides; a guidebook.
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2. One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or
course of life; a director; a regulator.
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He will be our guide, even unto death. --Ps. xlviii.
14.
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3. Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge,
surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of
anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine,
or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator; as:
(a) (Water Wheels) A blade or channel for directing the
flow of water to the wheel buckets.
(b) (Surgery) A grooved director for a probe or knife.
(c) (Printing) A strip or device to direct the
compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.
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4. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the
directing flank of each subdivision of a column of troops,
or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations,
marches, and alignments in tactics. --Farrow.
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Guide bar (Mach.), the part of a steam engine on which the
crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston
rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute
for the parallel motion; -- called also guide, and
slide bar.
Guide block (Steam Engine), a block attached in to the
crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar.
Guide meridian. (Surveying) See under Meridian.
Guide pile (Engin.), a pile driven to mark a place, as a
point to work to.
Guide pulley (Mach.), a pulley for directing or changing
the line of motion of belt; an idler. --Knight.
Guide rail (Railroads), an additional rail, between the
others, gripped by horizontal driving wheels on the
locomotive, as a means of propulsion on steep gradients.
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Slide box
(gcide) | 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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Slide lathe
(gcide) | 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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3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for
separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; --
called also lay and batten.
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Blanchard lathe, a lathe for turning irregular forms after
a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like.
Drill lathe, or Speed lathe, a small lathe which, from
its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe.
Engine lathe, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has
an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring
metals, cutting screws, etc.
Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by
the foot.
Geometric lathe. See under Geometric
Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe
without an automatic feed for the tool.
Slide lathe, an engine lathe.
Throw lathe, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the
cutting tool is held in the other.
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Slide projector
(gcide) | Projector \Pro*ject"or\, n. [Cf. F. projeteur.]
1. One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms
fanciful or chimerical schemes. --L'Estrange.
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2. an optical instrument which projects an image from a
transparency or an opaque image onto a projection screen
or other surface, using an intense light and one or more
lenses to focus the image. The term projector by itself is
usually used for projection of transparent images by
passing the light beam through the image; a projector
which projects an image of an opaque object is now
ususally referred to as an overhead projector. In
projection of this latter form the projection is
accomplished by means of a combination of lenses with a
prism and a mirror or reflector. Specific instruments have
been called by different names, such as balopticon,
radiopticon, radiopticon, mirrorscope, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Slide projector a projector for displaying images from
individual transparencies (slides), each mounted in a
separate frame suited to the mechanics of the projector.
movie projector a projector which displays a series of
images from a roll of transparent film in rapid sucession,
thus giving the impression of showing a scene with motion
as it originally was recorded.
overhead projector see projector[2], above. -->
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Slide rail
(gcide) | 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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Slide rest
(gcide) | 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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Slide rule
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Slide rule \Slide" rule`\, n.
a thin, flat calculating device consisting of a fixed outer
piece and a movable middle piece. Both pieces are graduated
in such a way (as, by a logarithmic scale) that
multiplication, division, and other mathematical functions of
an input variable may be rapidly determined by movement of
the middle pieces to a location on one scale corresponding to
the input value, and reading off the result on another scale.
A movable window with a hairline assists in alignment of the
scales. This device has been largely superseded by the
electronic calculator, which has a greater precision than the
slide rule. Also called colloquially slipstick.
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Slide valve
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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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Slidegroat
(gcide) | Slidegroat \Slide"groat\, n.
The game of shovelboard. [Obs.]
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Slider
(gcide) | Slider \Slid"er\, a.
See Slidder. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Slider \Slid"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part
of an instrument or machine.
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2. (Zool.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).
[Local, U. S. ]
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3. (Zool.) any of several North American freshwater turtles
of the genus Chrysemis; some, such as {Chrysemis
scripta} are sold commercially as pets. --[RHUD]
[PJC]
4. (Baseball) a fast pitch that breaks slightly just in front
of the batter, in the same direction as a curve ball (i.
e., away from the side from which it was thrown).
[PJC]
Slider pump, a form of rotary pump.
[1913 Webster]Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
turapen.]
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
(Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also
potter, slider, and redfender), and the
diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys
palustris}), are the most important American species.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin
(Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
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slider
(gcide) | Slider \Slid"er\, a.
See Slidder. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Slider \Slid"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part
of an instrument or machine.
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2. (Zool.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).
[Local, U. S. ]
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3. (Zool.) any of several North American freshwater turtles
of the genus Chrysemis; some, such as {Chrysemis
scripta} are sold commercially as pets. --[RHUD]
[PJC]
4. (Baseball) a fast pitch that breaks slightly just in front
of the batter, in the same direction as a curve ball (i.
e., away from the side from which it was thrown).
[PJC]
Slider pump, a form of rotary pump.
[1913 Webster]Terrapin \Ter"ra*pin\, n. [Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and
brackish waters. Many of them are valued for food. [Written
also terapin, terrapen, terrapene, turpen, and
turapen.]
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys scabra) of the
Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin
(Pseudemys rugosa or Chrysemys rubriventris),
native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also
potter, slider, and redfender), and the
diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys
palustris}), are the most important American species.
The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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Alligator terrapin, the snapping turtle.
Mud terrapin, any one of numerous species of American
tortoises of the genus Cinosternon.
Painted terrapin, the painted turtle. See under Painted.
Speckled terrapin, a small fresh-water American terrapin
(Chelopus guttatus) having the carapace black with round
yellow spots; -- called also spotted turtle.
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Slider pump
(gcide) | Slider \Slid"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part
of an instrument or machine.
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2. (Zool.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).
[Local, U. S. ]
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3. (Zool.) any of several North American freshwater turtles
of the genus Chrysemis; some, such as {Chrysemis
scripta} are sold commercially as pets. --[RHUD]
[PJC]
4. (Baseball) a fast pitch that breaks slightly just in front
of the batter, in the same direction as a curve ball (i.
e., away from the side from which it was thrown).
[PJC]
Slider pump, a form of rotary pump.
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Slideway
(gcide) | Slideway \Slide"way`\, n.
A way along which something slides.
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To let slide
(gcide) | Let \Let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Let (Letted (l[e^]t"t[e^]d),
[Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. Letting.] [OE. leten, l[ae]ten
(past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS.
l[=ae]tan (past tense l[=e]t, p. p. l[=ae]ten); akin to
OFries. l[=e]ta, OS. l[=a]tan, D. laten, G. lassen, OHG.
l[=a]zzan, Icel. l[=a]ta, Sw. l[*a]ta, Dan. lade, Goth.
l[=e]tan, and L. lassus weary. The original meaning seems to
have been, to let loose, let go, let drop. Cf. Alas,
Late, Lassitude, Let to hinder.]
1. To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. [Obs. or Archaic,
except when followed by alone or be.]
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He . . . prayed him his voyage for to let.
--Chaucer.
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Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets,
But to her mother Nature all her care she lets.
--Spenser.
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Let me alone in choosing of my wife. --Chaucer.
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2. To consider; to think; to esteem. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the
active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e.,
cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.
[Obs.]
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This irous, cursed wretch
Let this knight's son anon before him fetch.
--Chaucer.
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He . . . thus let do slay hem all three. --Chaucer.
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Anon he let two coffers make. --Gower.
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4. To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively,
by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain
or prevent.
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Note: In this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the
latter is commonly without the sign to; as to let us
walk, i. e., to permit or suffer us to walk. Sometimes
there is entire omission of the verb; as, to let [to be
or to go] loose.
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Pharaoh said, I will let you go. --Ex. viii.
28.
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If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it
is. --Shak.
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5. To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to
lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let
a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.
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6. To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or
contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a
bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.
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Note: The active form of the infinitive of let, as of many
other English verbs, is often used in a passive sense;
as, a house to let (i. e., for letting, or to be let).
This form of expression conforms to the use of the
Anglo-Saxon gerund with to (dative infinitive) which
was commonly so employed. See Gerund, 2. " Your
elegant house in Harley Street is to let." --Thackeray.
In the imperative mood, before the first person plural,
let has a hortative force. " Rise up, let us go."
--Mark xiv. 42. " Let us seek out some desolate shade."
--Shak.
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To let alone, to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from
interfering with.
To let blood, to cause blood to flow; to bleed.
To let down.
(a) To lower.
(b) To soften in tempering; as, to let down tools,
cutlery, and the like.
To let fly or To let drive, to discharge with violence,
as a blow, an arrow, or stone. See under Drive, and
Fly.
To let in or To let into.
(a) To permit or suffer to enter; to admit.
(b) To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess
formed in a surface for the purpose.
To let loose, to remove restraint from; to permit to wander
at large.
To let off.
(a) To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the
charge of, as a gun.
(b) To release, as from an engagement or obligation.
[Colloq.]
To let out.
(a) To allow to go forth; as, to let out a prisoner.
(b) To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to
enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord.
(c) To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as
a job.
(d) To divulge.
To let slide, to let go; to cease to care for. [Colloq.] "
Let the world slide." --Shak.
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backslide
(wn) | backslide
v 1: drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
[syn: lapse, backslide] |
backslider
(wn) | backslider
n 1: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of
behavior [syn: recidivist, backslider, reversionist] |
hair slide
(wn) | hair slide
n 1: a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their
hair to hold it in place |
landslide
(wn) | landslide
n 1: an overwhelming electoral victory; "Roosevelt defeated
Hoover in a landslide"
2: a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or
cliff [syn: landslide, landslip] |
lantern slide
(wn) | lantern slide
n 1: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide
projector [syn: slide, lantern slide] |
microscope slide
(wn) | microscope slide
n 1: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens
can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: slide,
microscope slide] |
mudslide
(wn) | mudslide
n 1: a landslide of mud |
playground slide
(wn) | playground slide
n 1: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children
can slide [syn: slide, playground slide, {sliding
board}] |
rockslide
(wn) | rockslide
n 1: a landslide of rocks |
slide
(wn) | slide
n 1: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens
can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: slide,
microscope slide]
2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or
snow etc.
3: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the
violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn:
swoop, slide]
4: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children
can slide [syn: slide, playground slide, sliding board]
5: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in
contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of
the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy
slope" [syn: slide, glide, coast]
6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide
projector [syn: slide, lantern slide]
7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn:
chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough]
v 1: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn:
skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]
2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through
the wicket in the big gate" [syn: slither, slide]
3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the
other gambler" |
slide action
(wn) | slide action
n 1: action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and
forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell
case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round [syn:
pump action, slide action] |
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