slipper plant, slipper spurge

Bot.: The genus Pedilanthus (q. v.). slipper-shell, s. Zool.: The genus Crepidula (q. v.). IMG:content-1595.png:[blocks in formation] -Floyer. B. As subst.: A free translation of Nivose, the fourth month of the French Republican year. slip-shod, a. [Eng. slip , and shod .] 1. Lit .: Wearing slippers or shoes down at heel. "The shiv'ring urchin, bending as he goes, With slipshod heels." Cowper: Truth, 144. 2. Fig .: Carele , slovenly in manner, style, . "Stilted phraseology is preferable to slipshod ."-Lon don Daily Telegraph. slip-shõe, s. [Eng. slip, and shoe.] A slipper. *slip-slop, s. & a. [A red up. of slop (q. v.).] IMG:content-1596.png:[blocks in formation] "The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon." Shakesp.: As You Like It , ii. 7. slip-per-1-lý, adv . [Eng. slippery ; -ly.] In a slippery manner.