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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slidden  \Slid"den\, 
  p.  p.  of  {Slide}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slide  \Slide\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Slid};  p.  p.  {Slidden},  {Slid};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Slidding}.]  [OE.  sliden,  AS  sl[=i]dan;  akin  to 
  MHG.  sl[=i]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 
 
  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. 
 
  They  bathe  in  summer,  and  in  winter  slide.  --Waller. 
 
  3.  To  pass  inadvertently. 
 
  Beware  thou  slide  not  by  it  --Ecclus. 
  xxviii.  26. 
 
  4.  To  pass  along  smoothly  or  unobservedly  to  move  gently 
  onward  without  friction  or  hindrance;  as  a  ship  or  boat 
  slides  through  the  water. 
 
  Ages  shall  slide  away  without  perceiving.  --Dryden. 
 
  Parts  answering  parts  shall  slide  into  a  whole. 
  --Pope. 
 
  5.  To  slip  when  walking  or  standing;  to  fall. 
 
  Their  foot  shall  slide  in  due  time.  --Deut.  xxxii 
  35. 
 
  6.  (Mus.)  To  pass  from  one  note  to  another  with  no 
  perceptible  cassation  of  sound. 
 
  7.  To  pass  out  of  one's  thought  as  not  being  of  any 
  consequence.  [Obs.  or  Colloq.] 
 
  With  good  hope  let  he  sorrow  slide.  --Chaucer. 
 
  With  a  calm  carelessness  letting  everything  slide. 
  --Sir  P. 
  Sidney.




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