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[ building, a thin strip of wood perforated with holes corre sponding to the disposition of pipes of a stop or set, and inserted between the two upper boards of a wind-chest. It may be moved from side to side so as either to admit the air from the pallets to the pipes or to cut them off entirely. The position of a slider is controlled by a stopknob at the keyboard. By drawing the knob the slider of a set of pipes is pushed into such position that they may be sounded by the s. Also slide. See organ1, stop, and wind -chest. (g) In racing boats, a sliding seat. 2. The potter, skilpot, red-fender, or red-bellied terrapin, terrapin, Pseudomys rugosa (or Chrysemys rubriventris), an inferior kind of terrapin or turtle sometimes cooked in place of the genuine Malacoclemmys palustris, or diamond-back. It is found chiefly along the eastern coast of the United States, about the Susquehanna river and other streams Slider ( Pseudemys rugosa). slider2+, a. A Middle English form of slidder . slide-rail (slīd rāl), n. 1. A contrivance for switching cars, consisting of a platform on wheels running transversely acro the tracks, and carrying the car, etc., from one line of rails to another.-2. A switch-rail. See railway. slide-rest (slīd'rest), n. An appendage appendage to the turning-lathe athe for holding the cutting-tool and insuring accuracy in its motion. The slide-rest imparts motion to the cutting-tool in two directions, the one being parallel and the other at right angles to the axis of the lathe. See cut under lathe . slide-rod (slīd'rod), n . The rod which moves the slide-valve in a steam-engine. slider-pump (slider-pump), п. IMG:content-1287.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] IMG:content-1288.jpg:[graphic] rolls.-2. The sport of gliding on snow or ice, on the feet, on a sled or a toboggan, or (in for- mer use) on skates, etc. Sliding upon the ice appears to have been a very fa- vourite pastime among the youth of this country in for- mer times; at present the use of skates is so generally dif- fused throughout the kingdom that sliding is but little practised. Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 152. Straight chops a wave, and in his sliftred panch Downe fals our ship. the same face or surface of the moving body keeps in contact with the surface of the plane: thus distinguished from rolling , in which the Marston , Antonio and Mellida, I., i. 1. several parts of the moving body come sucsliggeen (sli-gēn'), n. [ sligean , sliogan , a ce ively in contact with the plane on which it shell, slige , a shell.] Shale; soft rock. [Irish.] slight, a . An obsolete form of sly . slight1 (slit), a. [Early mod. E. also sleight ; slight , slyght, slizt, slyzt, sleght (not found in in AS.), OFries. sliucht, E. Fries. slicht , smooth, slight, = MD. slicht , even, plain, slecht , slight, simple, single, vile, or of little account, D. slecht, bad, = MLG. slicht , slecht = OHG. MHG. sleht , G. schlecht , plain, straight, simple, usually mean, bad, base, the lit. sense being supplied by the var. schlicht (after the verb schlich ten ), smooth, sleek, plain, homely, = Icel. slēttr , flat, smooth, slight, = Sw. slät , smooth, level, plain, = Dan. slet , flat, level, bad, = Goth. slaihts , smooth; prob. orig. pp. (with formative -t), but the explanation of the word as lit. 'beaten flat,' sleán , etc. (✓ slah ), smite, strike (see slay1 ), is not tenable.] 1. Plain; smooth (in a physical sense). - 2. Slender; slim; thin; light; hence, frail; unsubstantial: as, a slight figure; a slight structure. To his [Henry II.'s) days must be fixed the final sliding of testamentary jurisdiction into the hands of the bishops, which was by the legislation of the next century perm a- nently left there. You seem'd of late to make the law a tyrant, And rather proved the sliding of your brother A merriment than a vice. sliding (sliding), p . a. tain; unstable; changing. Shak ., M. for M., ii. 4. 115. 1. Slippery; uncer- That slyding science hath me maud so bare That I have no good, wher that ever I fare. 2. Movable; graduated; varying; changing according to circumstances: as, a sliding scale (which see, under slide , v.).-3. That slides; fitted for being slid. As bold a smuggler as ever ran out a sliding bowsprit to the winds that blow betwixt Campvere and the east coast of Scotland. Scott , Bride of Lammer moor, xxx. Then lookes upon a hill, whose sliding sides A goodly flocke, like winter's cov'ring, hides. W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, ii. 3. Instantaneous sliding axis. See axis1.- Sliding door. See door . Sliding friction. See friction , 2. - Sliding sash. See sash1 , 1.- Sliding sinker. See sinker . (See also phrases under slidel , v.) sliding-balk (sliding-bak), n. In ship - building , one of a set of planks fitted under the bottom of a ship, to descend with her upon the bilge- ways in launching. Also called sliding - plank . sliding-band (sliding-band), n. A movable metallic band used to hold a reel in place on a fishing-rod. sliding-box (sli'ding-boks), n . A box or bear- ing fitted so as to have a sliding motion. sliding-gage (sliding-gāj), n . An instrument used by makers of mathematical instruments for measuring and setting off distances. sliding-gunter (sli'ding-gun tėr), n. A rig for boats in which a sliding topmast is used to ex- tend a three-cornered sail. See gunter rig, under rig2 . - Sliding-gunter mast. See mast1. sliding-keel (sliding-kēl), n. frame or platform let down vertically through the bottom of a ve el (almost always a small ve el), and constituting practically a deepen- ing of the keel throughout a part of the ves- sel's length. Sliding-keels serve to diminish the ten- dency of any ve el having a flat bottom or small draft to roll, and to prevent a sailing ve el from falling to leeward when close-hauled. This device is largely used on the coast of the United States in coasters, yachts, and sail- boats. In the United States exclusively called center- board. See cut under center - board . So smothe, so smal, so seme slyzt , Rysez vp in hir araye ryalle A prec[i]os pyece in perlez pyzt. This slight structure of private buildings seems to be the reason so few ruins are found in the many cities once built in Egypt. Bruce , Source of the Nile, I. 105. Some fine, slight fingers have a wondrous knack at pul- verizing a man's brittle pride. Charlotte Brontë , Shirley, xxviii. 3. Slender in character or ability; lacking force of character or intellect; feeble; hence, silly; foolish. Some carry-tale, some please-man, some slight zany. Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 463. I am little incl in'd to believe his testimony, he being so slight a person, so pa ionate, ill-bred, and of such impu- dent behaviour. Evelyn , Diary, Dec. 6, 1680. Shak., M. W. of W., ii. 2. 204. When the divine Providence hath a Work to effect, what slight Occasions it oftentimes takes to effect the Work! Baker , Chronicles, p. 184. So sorrow's heavine doth heavier grow For debt that bankrupt sleep doth sorrow owe; Which now in some slight measure it will pay, If for his tender here I make some stay. IMG:content-1289.jpg:[blocks in formation] Bradford , Plymouth Plantation, p. 175. Gay, Fables, i. 8. The slightest flap a fly can chase. (d) Of little thoroughne ; superficial; cursory; hasty; slight examination; a slight raking. sliding-nippers (sliʼding-nip"ėrz), n., sing . or pl . In rope - making , same as grip1 , 7. sliding-plank (sliding-plangk), n. Same as sliding - balk . sliding-relish (sli'ding-relish), n. In harps i- chord music, same as slide , 3 (a). slidometer (sli-dom'e-ter), n. [Irreg. slide + Gr. μέτρον , measure.] An instrument used to indicate the strains to which railway-cars are subjected by sudden stoppage. sliet, a. An obsolete form of sly . 'slifet (slif), interj . An old exclamation or im- pre cation, an abbreviation of God's life. I will not let you hate this pretty la . ' Slife , it may prove her death. Randolph , Hey for Honesty, iv. 3. sliftert (slifter), n. [ slift ( slivel , v .) + 5. Slighting; contemptuous; disdainful. Slight was his answer, "Well" I care not for it. Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. Slight negligence or neglect. See negligence , 2. =Syn. 2. Flimsy.-4. Petty, scanty, hurried. IMG:content-1290.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1291.png:[blocks in formation] Shak., M. W. of W., iii. 5. 9. IMG:content-1292.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1293.png:[ocr errors] To slight offt, to dismi slightingly or as a matter of little moment; wave off or dismi . Many gulls and gallants we may hear sometimes slight off death with a jest, when they think it out of hearing. Rev. S. Ward, Sermons, p. 56. To slight over, to smooth slur carele ly; per forni superficially or without thoroughne . When they have promised great matters, and failed most shamefully, yet, if they have the perfection of boldne , they will but slight it over, and make a turn, and no more ado. Bacon, Boldne (ed. 1887). =Syn. 4. Disregard, etc. See neglect, v. t.