slide culture (slid kultur)

See the quotation, and compare slide, n., 9 (a). The slide with the drop containing the germ serves as the origin for the culture, and, on this account, has received the name of " slide - culture ," to distinguish it from other forms of culture. Hueppe , Bacteriological Investigations (trans.), p. 108. slide-groatt (slid'grōt), n. Same as shovel - board , 1 and 2. slide-head (slīd'hed), n. for a tool or for a piece of work, etc. E. H. Knight. In a lathe, a support