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▪ I. † ˈslippet1 Obs. rare. [f. slip n.2 + -et1.] A slip or strip.
1657W. Coles Adam in Eden cccxii, One long hollow Flower,..with a long piece or slippet, as it were, at one side. 1690Leybourn Curs. Math. 180 These five slippets do now contain the whole Multiplication Table of Pythagoras. ▪ II. ˈslippet2 [f. slip n.3] (See quot.)
1898N. & Q. 9th Ser. I. 407/2 In mining operations..a slippet is a sand-slide in the bore-hole or excavation... A slippet is a source of danger to workmen, occurring without warning. |