2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step. This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom. Fuller.
3. A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine. A native slip to us from foreign seeds. Shak. The girlish slip of a Sicilian bride. R. Browning.
4. A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper. Moonlit slips of silver cloud. Tennyson. A thin slip of a girl, like a new moon Sure to be rounded into beauty soon. Longfellow.
5. A leash or string by which a dog is held; — so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand. We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer. Sir S. Baker.
6. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip. Shak.
7. (Print.)
Defn: A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
8. Any covering easily slipped on. Specifically: (a) A loose garment worn by a woman. (b) A child's pinafore. (c) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip. (d) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like. [R.]
9. A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. [Obs.] Shak
10. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools. [Prov. Eng.] Sir W. Petty.