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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slip  \Slip\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slipped};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slipping}.]  [OE.  slippen;  akin  to  LG  &  D.  slippen,  MHG. 
  slipfen  (cf.  Dan.  slippe,  Sw  slippa,  Icel.  sleppa),  and  fr 
  OE  slipen,  AS  sl[=i]pan  (in  comp.),  akin  to  G.  schleifen  to 
  slide,  glide,  drag,  whet,  OHG.  sl[=i]fan  to  slide,  glide, 
  make  smooth,  Icel.  sl[=i]pa  to  whet;  cf  also  AS  sl?pan, 
  Goth.  sliupan  OS  slopian  OHG.  sliofan  G.  schliefen 
  schl?pfen,  which  seem  to  come  from  a  somewhat  different  root 
  form  Cf  {Slope},  n.] 
  1.  To  move  along  the  surface  of  a  thing  without  bounding, 
  rolling,  or  stepping;  to  slide;  to  glide. 
 
  2.  To  slide;  to  lose  one's  footing  or  one's  hold  not  to 
  tread  firmly;  as  it  is  necessary  to  walk  carefully  lest 
  the  foot  should  slip. 
 
  3.  To  move  or  fly  (out  of  place);  to  shoot;  --  often  with 
  out  off  etc.;  as  a  bone  may  slip  out  of  its  place 
 
  4.  To  depart,  withdraw,  enter  appear,  intrude,  or  escape  as 
  if  by  sliding;  to  go  or  come  in  a  quiet,  furtive  manner; 
  as  some  errors  slipped  into  the  work 
 
  Thus  one  tradesman  slips  away  To  give  his  partner 
  fairer  play.  --Prior. 
 
  Thrice  the  flitting  shadow  slipped  away  --Dryden. 
 
  5.  To  err;  to  fall  into  error  or  fault. 
 
  There  is  one  that  slippeth  in  his  speech,  but  not 
  from  his  heart.  --Ecclus.  xix. 
  16. 
 
  {To  let  slip},  to  loose  from  the  slip  or  noose,  as  a  hound; 
  to  allow  to  escape. 
 
  Cry,  ``Havoc,''  and  let  slip  the  dogs  of  war. 
  --Shak. 

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