slinging

[SLING, v.] A term applied to a long, swinging, elastic pace, in which much ground is covered with apparently little exertion; swinging; as, a slinging trot. slink, *slinke, *sclynk (pa. t. * slank, slunk ), . [A. S. slincan; cogn. with Low Ger. sliken (pa. t. sleek, pa. par. sleken ) = to slink, to creep, to crawl, to sneak; Ger. schleichen (pa. t. schlich, pa. par. geschlichen ).] IMG:content-1587.png:[blocks in formation] A. As adjective: 1. Produced prematurely. "This membrane does not properly appertain to dogs, IMG:content-1588.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Thin, slender, lean, hungry. B. As substantive : 1. A sneak; a mean, paltry fellow. "He has no settled his account wi' my gudeman the deacon for the twelvemonth; he's but slink , I doubt." Scott : Antiquary , ch. xv. 2. A calf, or other animal brought forth prematurly; the flesh of such an animal; the veal of a calf killed immediately after being calved. ( Prov .) 3. Diseased meat; meat unfit for human food. sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. when he slides ; a ve el glides along through the water. In the moral and figurative application, a person slips who commits unintentional errors; he slides into a course of life who willingly, and yet without difficulty, falls into the practice and habits which are recommended; he glides through life if he pursue his course smoothly and without interrup- tion. ( Crabh .) (1) To let slip : [LET (1), v., 19.] (2) To slip a cable : [CABLE, 8. , 11.] (3) To slip collar : [COLLAR, 8., 111. 2.] (4) To slip off : To take off quietly, noisele ly, or hastily; as, to slip off one's clothes. (5) To slip on : To put on quietly or hastily; as, to slip on one's clothes. 3. A false step, a fault, an offense, an indiscretion. "'Tis a venial slip . "- Shakesp .: Othello , iv. 1. 4. A twig separated from the main stock, espe- cially for planting or grafting; a scion, a cutting. "A native slip to us from foreign seeds." Shakesp.: All's Well , i. 2. "The girlish slip of a Sicilian bride, From Otho's house, he carried to reside At Mantua." Browning: Sordello , bk. ii. IMG:content-1589.png:[blocks in formation] "An unproductive slip of rugged ground." Words worth: Excursion, bk. i. IMG:content-1590.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1591.png:[blocks in formation] also, a contrivance for hauling ve els out of the water for repairs, . It generally consists of a carriage or cradle with thick wheels, which run upon rails laid on an inclined plane. 5. Insurance : A note of the contract made out before the policy is effected, for the purpose of ask- ing the consent of underwriters to the proposed policy. It is merely a jotting or short memorandum of the terms, to which the underwriters subscribe their initials, with the sums for which they are willing to engage. It has no force as a contract of insurance. IMG:content-1592.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1593.jpg:[ocr errors] IMG:content-1594.png:[graphic] the cro -head H BI, which is keyed fast to the shaft A. When the bayonets pro- ject, as in the ill us- tration, they come in contact with the studs L M on the hoop, and impart motion thereto. The hoop may be tightened on the Naut .: A hook which grasps a chain-cable by one or slipped of its links, and may be disengaged or the motion of a trigger, a sliding ring, or otherwise. slip-shackle, s. Naut .: A shackle having a lever-bolt which may be let go suddenly when required. *slip-skin, a. Slippery, evasive. "A pretty slip - skin conveyance to sift ma into no ma ."-Milton: Animad. on Remons. Defense. *slip-slap, v. t . To slap repeatedly. *slip-slop, a. & s. A. As adj .: Slipshod, slovenly. B. As subst.: A blunder. *slip-sloppy, a. Wet, splashy. slip-stopper, s. Naut .: Apparatus for suddenly letting go the anchor out of its lashings when it is required to drop it. *slip-thrift, s. A spend-thrift, a prodigal. "Thus it is in the house of prodigals, drinking, slip thrifts, and Belials."-Granger: On Ecclesiastes , p. 273. slip-way, s . Ship build .: One of the pair of parallel, inclined platforms of timber, firmly founded on the floor of the slip, and kept steady in their positions by shores. Their inclination varies from 1 in 12 for small ships to 1 in 24 for the largest. The breadth may be four feet and under, according to the size of the ve el. slipe, 8. [SLIP.] A distance; as, I got a long slipe away. ( U.S. Colloq.) slipped, pa. par. & a. [SLIP, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: Her.: An epithet applied to a flower or branch depicted as torn from the stalk. slip-per, s. [Eng. slip, v.; -er.] 1. One who or that which slips or lets slip; specifically, in coursing, the official who holds a couple of greyhounds in the slips or leash, and lets both go at the same instant, on a given signal, after the hare. "If one dog gets out of the slips, the slipper is not allowed to let the other go." - Vero Shaw: Book of the Dog, p. 249. 2. A covering for the foot, into or out of which the foot can be easily slipped. It does not extend so high up as the ankle-joint, and is unprovided with a fastening. "Meanwhile the master porter wide display'd Great store of caps, of slippers , and of gowns." Thomson: Castle of Indolence, i. 26. 3. A brake-shoe for a wheel in descending a hill. 4. A kind of apron or pinafore for children, to be slipped on over their other clothes to keep them clean; a slip. 5. The same as SLIPPER-PLANT (q. v.). slipper-animalcule, s. Zool .: Paramæcium aurelia .