Slip
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
(2): ( n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
(3): ( n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held; - so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
(4): ( n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.
(5): ( n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
(6): ( n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
(7): ( n.) Any covering easily slipped on.
(8): ( n.) A loose garment worn by a woman.
(9): ( n.) A child's pinafore.
(10): ( v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
(11): ( v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
(12): ( n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.
(13): ( n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
(14): ( n.) The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
(15): ( n.) A particular quantity of yarn.
(16): ( n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.
(17): ( n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.
(18): ( n.) A narrow passage between buildings.
(19): ( n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
(20): ( n.) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwrites.
(21): ( n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
(22): ( n.) A fish, the sole.
(23): ( n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.
(24): ( n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.
(25): ( v. t.) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
(26): ( v. t.) To omit; to loose by negligence.
(27): ( v. t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
(28): ( n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.
(29): ( n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.
(30): ( n.) To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.
(31): ( n.) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
(32): ( n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
(33): ( n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like.
(34): ( v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
(35): ( n.) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; - often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
(36): ( n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
(37): ( n.) In a link motion, the undesirable sliding movement of the link relatively to the link block, due to swinging of the link.
(38): ( n.) The retrograde movement on a pulley of a belt as it slips.
(39): ( n.) The difference between the actual and synchronous speed of an induction motor.
King James Dictionary [2]
Slip, L labor, to slide.
1. To slide to glide to move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling or stepping. 2. To slide not to tread firmly. Walk carefully, lest your foot should slip. 3. TO move or fly out of place usually without as, a bone may slip out of its place. 4. To sneak to slink to depart or withdraw secretly with away. Thus one tradesman slips away to give his partner fairer play. 5. To err to fall into error or fault. One slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart. 6. To glide to pass unexpectedly or imperceptibly. And thrice the flitting shadow slipp'd away. 7. To enter by oversight. An error may slip into a copy, notwithstanding all possible car. 8. To escape insensibly to be lost. Use the most proper methods to retain the ideas you have acquired, for the mind is ready to let many of them slip.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [3]
2 Samuel 22:37 (c) This figure indicates that David stood firm on the Rock of ages and kept constantly in the path of the Lord. (See also Psalm 17:5; Psalm 18:36).
Job 12:5 (c) The description is that of a person who is about to depart from GOD and to take paths that lead away from the Lord and downward toward destruction. He will fall at any moment under the right conditions and circumstances.
Hebrews 2:1 (b). The warning is intended to keep us from listening carelessly to the Word of GOD. We are to listen attentively and permit the Scriptures to fasten themselves to our hearts and minds.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
As meaning "a cutting from a plant," it is still good English. In this sense in Isaiah 17:10 for זמורה , zemōrāh , "branch," "twig." For the phrase "slip of the tongue" compare Sirach 14:1; 19:16; 20:18; 21:7; 25:8.
