Slip"per (?), n.
1.
One who, or that which, slips.
2.
A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.
3.
A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
4.
A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
5. Mach.
A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib.
Slipper animalcule Zool., a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. -- Slipper flower.Bot. Slipperwort. -- Slipper limpet, ∨ Slipper shell Zool., a boat shell.
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Slip"per, a. [AS. slipur.]
Slippery.
[Obs.]
O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope
Of mortal men.
Spenser.
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