slippern.
/ˈslɪpə/, U.S. /ˈslɪpər/ I. A light shoe easily slipped on, and related uses.† 2. Heraldry. (See quot. 1610 and cf. fusil n.1)† 3. Architecture. = plinth n. Obsolete. rare.In later dictionaries.
1. † c. to stand upon one's slippers: to affect an air of pomposity; to behave pompously or conceitedly; = to stand upon one's pantofles at pantofle n. Phrases 1. Obsolete.
a. A light and usually heelless covering for the foot, capable of being easily slipped on, and chiefly employed for indoor wear.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper
sockc725
pinson1388
slipper?1478
pantan1489
pump1555
slip-shoe1555
pinsnet1583
pump shoe1689
baff1914
baffie1917
?1478 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 649 ij schyrtys, and a peyer of sclyppers.
?1479 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 650 In the wyche letter was viij d., wyth þe whyche I schuld bye a peyer of slyppers.
c1496 Sermo pro Episcopo puerorum (W. de W.) b iij Euyll fasshened garmentes & deuyllysshe shoon & slyppers of frens~men.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxxxxii Some with theyr slyppers to and fro doth prance Clappynge with their helys in churche and in quere.
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Longolius in Panoplie Epist. 405 You should..come tripping to mee in your silcken sleppers.
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iii. sig. E What a filthy knaue was the shoo-maker, that made my slippers, what a creaking they keepe.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 30 Their Shoes are of the same colour, and made almost like Slippers.
1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 3 Aug. (1965) I. 249 I walk'd allmost all over the Town..in my slippers without receiving one spot of Dirt.
1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 364 Within the altar is kept a slipper of his of red velvet, with a very low heel.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cxxi. 179 Her small snow feet had slippers, but no stocking.
1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. v. 57 He had his slippers on, and a loose bed-gown.
b. In phrases, etc. See also hunt the slipper n. at hunt v. Compounds 2, and lady's slipper n.
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?c1570 J. Jeffere Bugbears iv. v I cannot [tell] what you cal being with child: She hath trode her slipper awrie.
1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 42 I am loth to touch here, or to meddle beyond my slipper. [Cf. last n.1 2c.]
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. iii. 72 Here our hero was beaten hollow, as he was afterward at draw-glove and shuffle the slipper.
1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 35 'Twas here we chased the slipper by the sound.
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1580 T. Salter tr. F. Beroaldo Contention betweene Three Bretheren 43 If he be once dronken, he will boldlye intermeddle him-selfe with the most honourable, and stand vppon his slippers against the honestest man that is.
1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 36 The Donatists in Africa stood vpon their slippers.
d. [After French pantouflier.] The hammerhead shark.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Sphyrnidae (hammer-head)
balance-fish1717
zygaena1717
slipper1796
hammer-head1861
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 589 The seal, the sea-dog, the shark, the slipper, the thornback.
e. transferred. The lip or labellum of an orchid.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids > parts of
cullions1611
thyrsus1704
labellum1810
retinaculum1821
rostellum1821
caudicle1830
pseudobulb1832
massula1856
antenna1862
clinandrium1864
bucket1871
slipper1902
1902 F. Boyle Greenhouse Orchids 92 Dorsal sepal—that which stands upright above the slipper.
1905 H. R. Haggard Gardener's Year Sept. 328 What the bee or other insects do when they enter the slipper of a Cypripedium.
f. As an instrument of punishment with which a child (etc.) is disciplined by beating. In to take a slipper to (someone).
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > slipper
slipper1876
1682 [implied in: W. Hedges Diary 2 Nov. (1887) I. 45 Ye same day [he] was brought forth and Slippered. (at slipper v.2 1)].
1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer ii. 28 In another moment he was flying down the street with his pail and a tingling rear,..and Aunt Polly was retiring from the field with a slipper in her hand.
1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey iii. viii. 266 Teach him a sense of other people, as young as possible, with a slipper if necessary.
1932 A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms ii. 18 He is very impudent in his manner, and I should dearly like to take my slipper to him.
1978 R. Mills Comprehensive Educ. 21 ‘I haven't done my homework, my History.’ ‘Ha, ha, it's the slipper for you then.’
1982 Daily Tel. 1 Mar. 10/7 The cane and slipper never did the likes of us any harm.
g. A temporary shoe for a horse.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > horseshoe > types of horseshoe
remove1512
lunette1566
half-moon shoe1607
pancelet1607
plate1607
patten shoe1639
linnet-hole1662
cross-bar shoe1675
interfering shoe1678
pantofle shoe1696
panton shoe1696
cutting-shoe1711
skim1795
skimmer1801
bar-shoe1831
sandal1831
tip1831
racket1846
hipposandal1847
slipper1903
stumbling-shoe1908
mud-shoe1940
1903 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ All on Irish Shore 82 He [sc. the smith] examined each hoof in succession..and then, turning to Mr Fennessy, remarked:—‘Ye'd laugh if ye were here the day I put a slipper on this one.’
1953 G. Brooke Introd. Riding vi. 52 You should pull up at a shoeing-smith's, and..he will tack on what they call a slipper; that is, a shoe that fits well enough, and will see you through the day.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > diamond-shaped charge > elongated
fusil1486
spindle1486
fusee1589
slipper1610
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iv. vii. 204 This is called a Wharrow Spindle, where the other are called Slippers, that passe thorow the Yarne as this doth.
1680–4 T. Dingley Hist. from Marble (1868) II. p. cclxxxvii Hobye who beareth argent three Fusils upon slippers gules.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > plinth
slipper1611
plinth1634
entablement1664
quadra1664
zocco1664
socle1704
zocle1704
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Plinthe, a Plinth, or Slipper; a flat, and square peece of Masonrie, &c.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 244 Slipper, the same as Plinth.
4.
a. A form of skid used to retard the speed of a vehicle in descending a hill.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > skid or lock to retard motion
trigger1591
drug1638
trigen1659
skid1766
drag1795
remskoen1816
slipper1827
shoe1837
sledge1839
hub1856
rough lock1858
spoke1858
wagon-drag1875
wagon-lock1875
wheel-lock1875
sprag1878
slipper-drag1883
slipper-brake1884
shod1893
1827 Sporting Mag. 20 267 The ‘Nimrod’ coach with a skid, or slipper.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 246 Slipper, a skid-pan.
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 212 A slipper or ‘skid’ which can be placed under a wheel.
b. Mining. (See quots.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > cage > equipment used with
keep1849
butterfly1882
overwindera1884
shoe1883
slipper1883
kep1893
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Skids, slides or slippers upon which certain coal-cutting machines travel along the faces whilst at work.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Slippers,..steel or iron guides fixed to the ends and sides of cages, to fit and run upon the conductors.
c. A device for conveying electricity from a conductor rail to a tram or train.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > conductor used in transport > [noun] > collection point
shoe1891
rail bond1893
slipper1900
collector shoe1940
1900 Engin. Mag. 19 747/2 A slipper is placed on each carriage, so that one end of the train makes a contact before the other runs off.
d. Mechanics. Also slipper block. A guide block attached to a reciprocating rod, esp. a piston rod or its cross-head, so as to slide with the motion of the rod against a fixed plate and prevent any tendency of the rod to bend.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > piston > [noun] > parts of
piston valve1735
piston rod1753
piston ring1754
piston head1824
gland1839
junk ring1839
slipper block1881
tail-rod1894
scraper ring1918
1881 N. P. Burgh Mod. Marine Engin. (rev. ed.) 72/1 The guide channels..are the ordinary kind, arranged to receive slipper blocks.
1883 A. E. Seaton Man. Marine Engin. viii. 144 To preserve the piston-rod in its true course, a guide is provided, and the piston-rod end fitted with blocks or slippers to work in it.
1952 W. J. Fox & S. C. McBirnie Marine Steam Engines & Turbines ix. 155 A single slipper crosshead is generally made as shown.
1971 Naval Marine Engin. Practice (Min. of Defence) (ed. 2) I. vi. 137 A slipper is fitted to the crosshead, and this slipper slides in a vertical guide to maintain straight reciprocating motion against the thrust of the connecting rod. The slipper may be circular..or in the form of a flat plate.
e. Mechanics. A part that is capable of sliding in the direction of its length.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > [noun] > sliding
slidec1608
slider1681
traveller1761
slide action1848
guide-block?1865
slipper1903
1903 Electr. World & Engineer 21 Nov. 845/2 The buckets of the Riedler turbine resemble those of the well-known Pelton type. The steam jet is divided by a central ‘slipper’ in two parts.
1930 Engineering 25 Apr. 539/3 About half-way along this arm is attached a slipper, D, which is kept in contact with the straight-edge, E, by a weight, F.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XI. 611/2 Sleds are carried on shoes or slippers that grip the railhead in order to prevent derailing.
f. A fitting in a type of lady's side saddle.
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1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 344 Devonshire slipper maker, a brown saddler who makes the fitting known as a slipper for one type of lady's side saddle.
5. ‘A kind of apron for children, to be slipped over their other clothes to keep them clean’ (Webster, 1828–32).
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1818 L. D. Clark Diary 11 July in Firelands Pioneer (1920) XXI. 2314 Made a slipper for Mrs. Caufield's baby.
II. A person who slips, and related uses.
6.
a. One who slips; also with away.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away quietly > one who
slipper1648
the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > slipping or sliding > one who or that which
slipper1860
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een glipper, a Stealer away, or a Slipper away.
1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Slipper, one who, or that which, slips.
b. As a fish-name: (see quot. 1866).
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > unspecified types
pimpernol1251
shaft-eel1411
kempc1440
snig1483
stub eel15..
fausen1547
shafflin1553
muraena1555
scaffling1589
grig1611
long-fish1611
stone-grig1666
sea-serpent1752
bed-eel1769
sniggle1863
slipper1866
1866 Buckland in Life (1885) 171 Curious eel-like fish, with an ugly, pert-looking head, and frill down the back,..and a spotted and exceedingly slimy body; their local name is ‘slippers’ because they slip from the hand so easily.
c. A skeiner (cf. slip n.2 11, slipping n.2 1).
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1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 367 Skeiner (twine), rander, slipper,..minds skein or rand machine, which winds finished twine into skeins.
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a. Coursing. The person appointed to slip the hounds at the proper moment.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > one who courses
courser1782
slipper1825
1825 Sporting Mag. 16 268 The slipper should be a horse's length in advance of the beaters.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 209 If a judge or slipper be in any way connected with a dog..entered in a stake [etc.].
1885 Daily News 19 Feb. 2/7 The first pair of animals handed over to..the slipper were R. Halliday and Mayflower.
b. Cricket. One who fields in the slips. colloquial. Somewhat rare.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder > fielders by position
middle wicket1772
long-stop1773
second stop1773
stop1773
long fieldsman1790
long field?1801
third man1801
outscout1805
leg1816
point1816
slip1816
backstop1819
long fielder1835
long leg1835
long field off1837
short leg1843
square leg1849
cover-point1850
long-stopper1851
middle-off1851
cover-slip1854
long off1854
left fielder1860
short square1860
mid-off1865
extra cover (point)1867
deep-fielder1870
mid-on1870
cover1897
leg trap1897
infield1898
deep field1900
slipper1903
slip fieldsman1906
midwicket1909
infieldsman1910
slip-catcher1920
infielder1927
leg slip1956
1903 D. L. A. Jephson in H. G. Hutchinson Cricket iv. 102 There were good slips, bad slips, fast-asleep slips, and since his time every variety of ‘slipper’ has passed across the stage.
1973 Daily Tel. 23 July 32/1 If Hayes be sufficiently rated as a slipper, Roope could be spared.
8. dialect. (See quot. 1841.)
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1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Slipper, a mare who casts her foal.
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1), as slipper-like adj., slipper maker, slipper manufacturer, slipper shape, slipper-shaped, †slipper-shoe.
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1568 MS. Depositions (Cant. Cath. Libr. 161) With a pair of slipper showes on her feete.
1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xix. 340 The flower..is esteemed only for the curiosity of its slipper shape.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 275 The central fleshy slipper-like body from within which the stamens proceed.
1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 164 Lip of cor[olla] slipper-shaped.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Slipper manufacturer, a maker of carpet shoes, or light thin indoor leather shoes.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Oct. 7/1 There are slipper makers..engaged in it.
C2. Special combinations.† slipper barnacle n. (?) Obsolete† slipper-pear n. (?) Obsolete
slipper animalcule n. a common infusorian of the genus Paramecium.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Infusoria > subclass Ciliata > [noun] > order Holotricha > genus Paramecium > member of genus Paramecium
slipper animalcule1882
1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 355 They are about four times as long as broad, and their shape has given them the name of Slipper animalcules.
1891 Chambers's Encycl. (new ed.) VII. 754/1 Paramecium, or Slipper Animalcule, an Infusorian very common in pond water or in vegetable infusions.
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1768 Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 432 The shelly bases of the..Worm-shell, the Tree Oyster, and the Slipper Barnicle.
slipper-bath n. a partially covered bath shaped somewhat like a slipper; now usually one of a number of single baths of the modern domestic style installed for hire at public baths.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > vessel for bathing in > types of
furo1615
semicupium1634
bidet1766
hip bath1806
slipper-bath1829
sitz bath1842
saucer bath1860
Roman tub1911
ofuro1934
bathinette1936
Jacuzzi1966
hot tub1973
plunge pool1973
1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) I. 388 The occasional use of..the slipper-bath, and fomentations.
1898 Daily News 18 Apr. 10/7 Four large swimming-baths and a large number of private or slipper-baths.
1960 L. Wright Clean & Decent xii. 172 Confusion may arise from the fact that single baths of the ordinary modern kind, on hire at Public Baths, are there still called ‘Slipper Baths’. Such, no doubt, they originally were; the term has survived the change.
1981 Times 25 Feb. 8/5 The council closed down a slipper bath which had been used by pensioners living in bed-sitters.
slipper-brake n. = sense 4a.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > skid or lock to retard motion
trigger1591
drug1638
trigen1659
skid1766
drag1795
remskoen1816
slipper1827
shoe1837
sledge1839
hub1856
rough lock1858
spoke1858
wagon-drag1875
wagon-lock1875
wheel-lock1875
sprag1878
slipper-drag1883
slipper-brake1884
shod1893
1884 Daily News 2 Sept. 2 He was under the impression..that the slipper-brake was attached all right.
slipper chair n. U.S. a low-seated, frequently upholstered chair with a high back.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs
farthingale chair1552
side chair1582
high chair1609
scroll chair1614
Turkey chair1683
curule chair1695
reading chair1745
rush-bottom1754
conversation-chair1793
Windsor tub1800
Trafalgar chair1808
beehive-chair1816
nursing chair1826
Hitchcockc1828
toilet seat1829
kangaroo1834
prie-dieu1838
tub-chair1839
barrel-chair1850
Cromwell chair1868
office chair1874
swivel-chair1885
steamer-chair1886
suggan chair1888
lawn chair1895
saddle seat1895
Bombay chair1896
veranda-chair1902
X chair1904
Yorkshire chair1906
three legs and a swinger1916
saddlebag1919
riempie stool1933
gaspipe chair1934
slipper chair1938
Eames chair1946
contour chair1948
sling-back1948
sling chair1957
booster chair1960
booster seat1967
beanbag1969
sack chair1970
papasan1980
Muskoka chair1987
1938 House Beautiful Jan. 41 Slipper chair... Typical of the French Regency. Broad proportions, beech frame delicately carved. Circa 1715.
1957 M. Millar Soft Talkers x. 94 Her mother sat in a slipper chair.
1979 M. McMullen But Nellie was so Nice (1981) i. v. 42 He..made himself pleasant to Ursula in her slipper chair.
slipper-drag n. = sense 4a.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > skid or lock to retard motion
trigger1591
drug1638
trigen1659
skid1766
drag1795
remskoen1816
slipper1827
shoe1837
sledge1839
hub1856
rough lock1858
spoke1858
wagon-drag1875
wagon-lock1875
wheel-lock1875
sprag1878
slipper-drag1883
slipper-brake1884
shod1893
1883 Good Words 24 186 When we stop to adjust the slipperdrag before rushing full speed down a break-neck precipice.
slipper limpet n. (see quot. 1890).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > limpet > member of family Acmaeidae
white slipper1860
slipper limpet1861
1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 528/1 Bonnet Limpets, and Slipper Limpets.
1890 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 638 The family Acmæidæ..are often called ‘slipper-limpets’, from the presence of an internal flange on the incipiently spiral shell.
slipper-orchid n. orchis, an orchid of the genus Cypripedium.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids
satyrionOE
bollockwort?a1300
sanicle14..
bollock?a1425
martagon1548
orchis1559
dogstones1562
hare's-ballocks1562
stone1562
bollock grass1578
dog's cods1578
dog's cullions1578
double-leaf1578
fly-orchis1578
goat's cullions1578
goat's orchis1578
priest's pintle1578
twayblade1578
bee-orchis1597
bifoil1597
bird's nest1597
bird's orchis1597
butterfly orchis1597
fenny-stones1597
gelded satyrion1597
gnat satyrion1597
humble-bee orchis1597
lady's slipper1597
sweet ballocks1597
two-blade1605
cullions1611
bee-flower1626
fly-flower1640
man orchis1670
musk orchis1670
moccasin flower1680
gnat-flower1688
faham tea1728
Ophrys1754
green man orchis1762
Arethusa1764
honey flower1771
cypripedium1775
rattlesnake plantain1778
Venus's slipper1785
Adam and Eve1789
lizard orchis179.
epidendrum1791
Pogonia?1801
Vanda1801
cymbidium1815
Oncidium1822
putty-root1822
Noah's Ark1826
yellow moccasin1826
gongora1827
cattleya1828
green man1828
nervine1828
stanhopea1829
dove-flower1831
catasetum1836
Odontoglossum1836
Miltonia1837
letter plant1838
spread eagle1838
letter-leaf1839
swan-plant1841
orchid1843
disa1844
masdevallia1845
Phalaenopsis1846
faham1850
Indian crocus1850
moccasin plant1850
pleione1851
dove orchis1852
nerve root1854
Holy Ghost flower1862
basket-plant1865
lizard's tongue1866
mousetail1866
Sobralia1866
swan-neck1866
swanwort1866
Indian shoe1876
odontoglot1879
wreathewort1879
moth orchid1880
rattlesnake orchid1881
dendrobe1882
dove-plant1882
Madeira orchis1882
man orchis1882
swan-flower1884
slipper-orchid1885
slipper orchis1889
mayflower1894
scorpion orchid1897
moederkappie1910
dove orchid1918
monkey orchid1925
man orchid1927
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 158 The brown slipper-orchid, fit chaussure for Cinderella or a fairy-queen.
slipper orchis n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids
satyrionOE
bollockwort?a1300
sanicle14..
bollock?a1425
martagon1548
orchis1559
dogstones1562
hare's-ballocks1562
stone1562
bollock grass1578
dog's cods1578
dog's cullions1578
double-leaf1578
fly-orchis1578
goat's cullions1578
goat's orchis1578
priest's pintle1578
twayblade1578
bee-orchis1597
bifoil1597
bird's nest1597
bird's orchis1597
butterfly orchis1597
fenny-stones1597
gelded satyrion1597
gnat satyrion1597
humble-bee orchis1597
lady's slipper1597
sweet ballocks1597
two-blade1605
cullions1611
bee-flower1626
fly-flower1640
man orchis1670
musk orchis1670
moccasin flower1680
gnat-flower1688
faham tea1728
Ophrys1754
green man orchis1762
Arethusa1764
honey flower1771
cypripedium1775
rattlesnake plantain1778
Venus's slipper1785
Adam and Eve1789
lizard orchis179.
epidendrum1791
Pogonia?1801
Vanda1801
cymbidium1815
Oncidium1822
putty-root1822
Noah's Ark1826
yellow moccasin1826
gongora1827
cattleya1828
green man1828
nervine1828
stanhopea1829
dove-flower1831
catasetum1836
Odontoglossum1836
Miltonia1837
letter plant1838
spread eagle1838
letter-leaf1839
swan-plant1841
orchid1843
disa1844
masdevallia1845
Phalaenopsis1846
faham1850
Indian crocus1850
moccasin plant1850
pleione1851
dove orchis1852
nerve root1854
Holy Ghost flower1862
basket-plant1865
lizard's tongue1866
mousetail1866
Sobralia1866
swan-neck1866
swanwort1866
Indian shoe1876
odontoglot1879
wreathewort1879
moth orchid1880
rattlesnake orchid1881
dendrobe1882
dove-plant1882
Madeira orchis1882
man orchis1882
swan-flower1884
slipper-orchid1885
slipper orchis1889
mayflower1894
scorpion orchid1897
moederkappie1910
dove orchid1918
monkey orchid1925
man orchid1927
1889 Chambers's Encycl. III. 642/2 Cypripedium, or Slipper-orchis.
ΚΠ
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 72 in Sylva Pears..Orange, Bergamot, Slipper Pear.
slipper-plant n. (see quot.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > spurges and allies > [noun]
physic nut1657
milk-bush1696
milk-tree1698
poison-bush1740
jatropha1754
milky-hedge1773
milk hedge1780
chandelier plant1827
Jew bush1830
candelabrum1834
poinsettia1836
slipper-plant1848
coquillo1851
zebra poison1871
oil tree1879
picture-tree1885
slipper spurs1887
monkey fiddle1913
milk plant1965
stringwood-
1848 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Slipper-plant, the common name given to plants of the genus Pedilanthus.
slipper satin n. a strong, closely woven fabric with a semi-glossy appearance, used for making slippers, dresses, furnishings, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with glossy or shiny surface
satiné1851
brilliantine1873
velvet-cloth1882
mirror1899
satin beauté1914
slipper satin1937
1937 M. Sharp Nutmeg Tree xxiii. 297 They saw the Disgusted Lady..marvellous in ice-blue slipper satin.
1970 D. Clark Deadly Pattern v. 104 A gilt-legged Chesterfield upholstered in cream slipper satin.
slipper-shell n. (see quot.).
ΚΠ
1858 W. Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. I. 95/1 Of the genus Crepidula, or slipper shell, forty recent species are known.
slipperslapper n. a loose, sloppily-fitting slipper (cf. slip-slop n. 4).Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper > other
pantofle1494
mule1562
pantap1570
scarpinea1586
sock1597
sandal1794
powdering slipper1800
carpet slipper1851
Romeo slipper1889
Romeo1892
slipperslapper1922
Grecian slipper1926
Slipperette1931
ballerina1947
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 84 Slop about in slipperslappers for fear he'd wake.
slipper socks n. (also slipper sox) plural a pair of slippers with socks combined.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper > slippers and socks combined
slipper socks1950
1950 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Fall–Winter 1324/6 Slipper socks.
1951 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Fall–Winter 371 (heading) Footease slipper socks for every member of the family.
1970 Guardian 15 Dec. 9/3 Just tee-shirts with dungarees or jeans—plus slippersox.
1973 Sunday Advocate-News (Barbados) 9 Dec. 25/1 Slipper socks and bow ties can be great ways to gift him.
slipper spurs n. = slipper-plant n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > spurges and allies > [noun]
physic nut1657
milk-bush1696
milk-tree1698
poison-bush1740
jatropha1754
milky-hedge1773
milk hedge1780
chandelier plant1827
Jew bush1830
candelabrum1834
poinsettia1836
slipper-plant1848
coquillo1851
zebra poison1871
oil tree1879
picture-tree1885
slipper spurs1887
monkey fiddle1913
milk plant1965
stringwood-
1887 G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening III. 58 Pedilanthus,..Slipper Spurs.
slipperwort n. the calceolaria or campanula.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers
bell-flower1578
bluebell1578
Canterbury bells1578
Coventry bells1578
Coventry Marians1578
Coventry rapes1578
fair-in-sight1578
gauntlet1578
haskwort1578
Marian's violet1578
throatwort1578
lady's looking glass1597
mariet1597
Mercury's violet1597
peach-bells1597
steeple bells1597
uvula-wort1597
Venus looking-glass1597
campanula1664
Spanish bell1664
corn-violet1665
rampion1688
Venus' glass1728
harebell1767
heath-bell1805
witch bell1808
slipperwort1813
meadow-bell1827
greygle1844
platycodon1844
lady's thimble1853
kikyo1884
witches' bells1884
balloon flower1901
fairy thimble1914
mountain bell1923
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Calciolaria. Slipper-wort.
1885 G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening I. 253 Campanula,..Bell-flower: Slipper-wort.
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slipperadj.
/ˈslɪpə/, U.S. /ˈslɪpər/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
1. figurative.1591 T. Lodge Catharos vi. 52 Their wordes..are more slipper than oile, but in the ende they are steeled arrowes to destroy.
a. Having a smooth slippery surface or exterior; readily slipping from one's grasp or out of place, etc. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > of the nature of oil > oily and slippery
sliddera1000
slippera1050
fugitivec1485
slippery1551
lubricous1659
soapy1732
saponaceous1837
lubricate1848
fugacious1872
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery
slippera1050
slibbery?c1225
slidderya1250
slidder1398
lubric1490
slid1513
slippery1551
icy?1552
slipperous1585
glib1594
gliding1594
slicked1594
glibbery1601
lubrical1602
slape1671
slithery1825
slithy1855
butter-smooth1868
slick1901
a1050 Liber Scintill. lxxviii. (1889) 210 Deoful soðlice næddre ys slipor.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 393 Þei ben so slipre and so hard þat Goddis word takiþ not in hem.
1423 Kingis Quair clxiii The sudayn weltering Of that Ilk quhele, that sloppare was to hold.
c1430 Two Cookery Bks. 23 Wasshem..wyth Ale & Salt, an do so whele þey ben slepyr [v.r. sliper].
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 97 Thenne was his body also glat and slyper, that the wulf sholde haue none holde on hym.
1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xxixv The whiche do make the waye slypper, sople, and easy for it to procede, with the oyles or oyntementes spoken of before.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits x. 138 The melancholicke haue euer their mouth full of froath and spittle, through which disposition their toung is moist and slipper.
1847 H. Baird Nathan Hogg's Lett. (1858) 26 Ma staff wis za zlipper.
b. Of a hold: Liable to slip.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > not firmly attached or loose > having no grip
slipper1460
gripless1606
1460 in Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1866) 60 He..of his hert also hathe sliper hold.
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 501 A slipper holde the taile is of an ele.
1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. E.i Slyper as an eeles tayle is the holde of it.
c. Readily passing through the body.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > digestible > easily digested or light
lighteOE
subtlea1398
convertiblec1400
subtilty1528
slipper1539
well-digesteda1594
benign1638
1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 46 Moreouer take hede, that slypper meates be not firste eaten.
2. Slippery; difficult to stand upon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and slippery > specific on which one may slip
sliddera1000
slidderya1250
slipperc1290
slidingc1325
slithera1340
glintc1475
slippery1535
slippy1548
sliddy1623
slidy1880
skiddy1902
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 426 Him þouȝhte he saiȝ a sluper brugge swyþe fayr and heiȝ.
a1300 E.E. Psalter xxxiv. 7 Mirkenes and sliper be þare wai.
c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1074 Howe be hyt, the slepyr grasse made many of hem fall.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vii. 32 Fortune..imposed vnder the feet of the righte chaste quene, thyng slypper & lubrick, for to make hir to ouerthrowe.
?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Civv As on a slypper grounde, oft man doth fall or slyde.
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 172v They were easely beaten downe, the rocke hauing so slippar and vnstable standing.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. i. iv. sig. M6 Ice is at once the smoothest and the slipperest of ways.
1718 S. Sewall Diary 28 Jan. (1973) II. 880 Twas Foggy and slipper and Rain, and the Slay fail'd.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) The road's so zlipper's glass.
3. Of a shifty, unreliable character; deceitful, insincere:
a. Of disposition, conduct, actions, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective]
slipperc1000
hinderc1200
slidderya1250
covert1340
unwrast1393
slyc1440
slippery1555
fetching1570
shifting1581
as slippery as an eel1601
roundabout1608
corner-creeping1610
shuffling1616
prevaricatory1645
prevaricative1657
sliverly1674
whifflinga1680
sneak-pasty1681
slid1719
evasive1725
shauchling1755
shifty1837
slab-bridged1845
sneaky1861
pussy-footed1893
sidewinding1902
slithery1902
pussyfooting1926
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] > of persons
slipperc1000
ficklea1275
untristya1387
flickering1430
untrusty1430
slidingc1435
unsurec1445
untraistc1485
unassure1531
slippery1555
untraisty1567
untrustful1569
unresponsable1619
uncanny1639
fair-weather1677
unresponsible1764
independable1802
unreliable1810
untrustworthy1846
undependable1860
incalculable1876
slithery1902
wonky1919
doubtful1925
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 92 Þwyrlice ðing ðe heora hlafordas doð geswencte fram carum, and slipere þurh unstæððignysse.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxvi. 28 The slideri [v.r. slyper] mouth werchith fallingis.
c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 3295 I..haue espyed eke ful wel, How of slyper conscience Thow yaf a doom.
1450 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 280 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 Therfore he hath by slypper eschaunge the lordship and castell of Glaxton.
a1555 H. Latimer Let. 15 July in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1349/2 I haue charitablye monished you in a secret letter, of your slipper dealinge, and such like misbehauiour.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvi. 300 A thousand sortes of slipperdeuices and idle words.
b. Of persons.
ΚΠ
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1641 Ther-in dwellid a Burgeyse, þe most scliper man Of al the town þurh-out.
a1540 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 283/1 I know they bee slipper that I haue to doe wyth, and there is no holde of them.
c1540 Boke of fayre Gentylwoman A iv Cast up thyne eye and seke howe slopper chaunce Illudeth her men.
1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 8 Thus waiters on, doe nought but friends beguile. And slipper lads, as false and fine as those, For no offence, become most mortall foes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) ii. i. 242 A slipper [1622 slippery], and subtle knaue, a finder of occasion.
4. Of memory: Not retentive; forgetful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective] > of memory: not retentive
short1340
slipper?a1475
unclasping1640
slippery1653
leaky1692
irretentive1749
unretentive1782
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 5 For schort lyfe..and a slipper memory lete vs to knowe mony thynges.
1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. yy.iii Many haue so slypper a mynde that can not kepe in memory a thyng shewed vnto them, by the space of an houre.
1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 75 Wherof do happen unstablenesse of wytte and slipper remembraunce.
5. Of conditions: On which one cannot depend; having no stability or certainty.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective]
unsicker?c1225
uncertaina1382
unsadc1384
untristya1387
untrustya1387
unsurec1412
falliblec1425
slipperc1430
ficklea1450
frivol1488
slidder?a1500
casuala1535
slippery1548
slippy1548
failable1561
doubtful1562
lubricious1584
slope1587
queasy1589
unconfirmedc1592
nice1598
catching1603
loose1603
precary1606
ambiguous1612
treacherous1612
unsafe1615
unsureda1616
precarious1626
lubric1631
dubious1635
lubricous1646
unestablished1646
unfixed1654
unsecure?a1685
unreliable1810
unproven1836
untrustworthy1846
shady1848
wobbly1877
Kaffir1899
independable1921
dodgy1961
temperamental1962
c1430 T. Hoccleve New Canterbury Tale (E.E.T.S.) 14 In thys slypre lyf and peryllous, Staff of comfort & help to man ys she.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 96/1 Thys lyf..is so sleper and fleeyng that whan one weneth to holde it it fleeth away.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Aa.vv Theyr vayne glorie and slypper prosperitee, endured but two daies.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. U.i For slipper welth will not cuntinue, plesure will weare away.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. xv. 29 The higher he should clime, the slipperer his estate should be.
6. Insignificant, trifling. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial
eathlyc890
lighteOE
littleOE
small?c1225
singlec1449
easy1474
triflous1509
naughty1526
slender1530
slight1548
shrimpish1549
slipper1567
truanta1572
toyous1581
trivious1583
mean1585
silly1587
nicea1594
puny?1594
puisne1598
pusill1599
whindling1601
sapless1602
non-significant1603
poor1603
unsignificant1603
flea-bite1605
perishing1605
lank1607
weightless1610
fonda1616
penny farthing1615
triviala1616
unweighty1621
transitory1637
twattling1651
inconsiderate1655
unserious1655
nugal1656
small drink1656
slighty1662
minute1668
paddling1679
snitling1682
retail1697
Lilliputian1726
vain1731
rattletrap1760
peppercornish1762
peppercorn1791
underling1804
venial1806
lightweight1809
floccinaucical1826
small-bore1833
minified1837
trantlum1838
piffling1848
tea-tabular1855
potty1860
whipping-snapping1861
tea-gardeny1862
quiddling1863
twaddling1863
fidgeting1865
penny ante1865
feather-weighted1870
jerkwater1877
midget1879
mimsy1880
shirttail1881
two-by-four1885
footle1894
skittery1905
footery1929
Mickey Mouse1931
chickenshit1934
minoritized1945
marginal1952
marginalized1961
tea-party1961
little league1962
marginalizing1977
minnowy1991
1567 Harding in Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 463 These be smal and slipper faults which if they were alone might be winked at.
7.
a. Easily uttered or pronounced.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [adjective] > utterance of vocal sound > utterable
pronounceablec1570
slipper1589
pronunciable1649
enunciable1652
effable1668
vocable1861
deliverable1889
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. iv. 6 The vtterance in prose..is also not so voluble and slipper vpon the tong.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiii. 101 Such letters as be by nature slipper & voluble and smoothly passe from the mouth.
b. dialect. Fluent, voluble; given to talk.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]
wordyeOE
talewisec1200
i-worded?c1225
babblinga1250
cacklinga1250
chatteringa1250
speakfula1250
word-wooda1250
of many wordsc1350
janglingc1374
tatteringc1380
tongueya1382
ganglinga1398
readya1400
jargaunt1412
talkative1432
open-moutheda1470
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
windy1513
popping1528
smatteringa1529
rattle?1529
communicablea1533
blab1552
gaggling1553
long-tongued?1553
prittle-prattle1556
pattering1558
talking1560
bobling1566
gabbling1566
verbal1572
piet1573
twattling1573
flibber gibber1575
babblative1576
tickle-tongued1577
tattling1581
buzzing1587
long-winded1589
multiloquous1591
discoursive1599
rattling1600
glib1602
flippant1605
talkful1605
nimble-tongued1608
tongue-ripe1610
fliperous1611
garrulous?1611
futile1612
overspeaking1612
feather-tongueda1618
tongue-free1617
long-breatheda1628
well-breathed1635
multiloquious1640
untongue-tied1640
unretentive1650
communicative1651
linguacious1651
glibbed1654
largiloquent1656
multiloquent1656
parlagea1657
loose-clacked1661
nimble-chop1662
twit-twat1665
over-talkativea1667
loquacious1667
loudmouth1668
conversable1673
gash1681
narrative1681
chappy1693
apposite1701
conversative1703
gabbit1710
lubricous1715
gabby?1719
ventose1721
taleful1726
chatty?1741
blethering1759
renable1781
fetch-fire1784
conversational1799
conversant1803
gashing1808
long-lunged1815
talky1815
multi-loquacious1819
prolegomenous1822
talky-talky1831
nimble-mouthed1836
slipper1842
speechful1842
gassy1843
in great force1849
yattering1859
babbly1860
irreticent1864
chattable1867
lubrical1867
chattery1869
loose-mouthed1872
chinny1883
tongue-wagging1885
yappy1909
big-mouthed1914
loose-lipped1919
ear-bashing1945
ear-bending1946
yackety-yacking1953
nattering1959
yacking1959
woofy1960
1842 H. J. Daniel Bride of Scio 177 in Eng. Dial. Dict Yer tongue..'s too saucy, and too slepper.
1900 J. H. Harris Our Cove xi. 150 Wimmen's tongues es too slipper in what doan't consarn 'em.
8. Light, wanton. (Cf. slippery adj. 5.)
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adjective]
golec888
canga1225
light?c1225
wooinga1382
nicea1387
riota1400
wantonc1400
wrenec1400
lachesc1450
loose?a1500
licentious1555
libertine1560
prostitute1569
riggish1569
wide1574
slipper1581
slippery1586
sportive1595
gay1597
Cyprian1598
suburb1598
waggish1600
smicker1606
suburbian1606
loose-living1607
wantona1627
free-living1632
libertinous1632
loose-lived1641
Corinthian1642
akolastic1656
slight1685
fast1699
freea1731
brisk1740
shy1787
slang1818
randomc1825
fastish1832
loosish1846
slummya1860
velocious1872
fly1880
slack1951
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 29 She began to make relation of the slipper prankes of the Dutchesses Gentlewomen, and had neuer done with her reprochfull reportes.
Compounds
slipper-fast adj.
ΚΠ
1569 in Coll. Black-letter Ballads & Broadsides (1867) 221 Ye knowe, whyles louers are vnbounde, The knotte is slyper faste a.
slipper-tongued adj.
ΚΠ
1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 90/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Lorde Thomas..answered, as one that was somewhat slipper tongued, in this wise.
slipper-witted adj.
ΚΠ
?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. Oiijv The folyshe, fantastycall, and slypper wytted sort.
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† slipperv.1
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To slip or slide.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > slip or slide
slidderc897
slidea950
slitherc1200
slep?a1400
slithec1450
slivec1450
rutsel1481
slip1530
slipper1585
glibber1598
slur1617
glide1674
slather1809
scoot1838
sluther1854
slade1895
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xix. 21 b The shot which can but slippering passe ouer it.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Slibberende, slippring.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een slibberinge, a Slippering, or a Sliding.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
slipperv.2
/ˈslɪpə/, U.S. /ˈslɪpər/ 1. transitive. To beat or strike with a slipper.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat
threshOE
beatc1000
to lay on?c1225
chastise1362
rapa1400
dressc1405
lack?c1475
paya1500
currya1529
coil1530
cuff1530
baste1533
thwack1533
lick1535
firka1566
trounce1568
fight1570
course1585
bumfeage1589
feague1589
lamback1589
lambskin1589
tickle1592
thrash1593
lam1595
bumfeagle1598
comb1600
fer1600
linge1600
taw1600
tew1600
thrum1604
feeze1612
verberate1614
fly-flap1620
tabor1624
lambaste1637
feak1652
flog1676
to tan (a person's) hide1679
slipper1682
liquora1689
curry-comb1708
whack1721
rump1735
screenge1787
whale1790
lather1797
tat1819
tease1819
larrup1823
warm1824
haze1825
to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839
flake1841
swish1856
hide1875
triangle1879
to give (a person or thing) gyp1887
soak1892
to loosen (a person's) hide1902
1682 W. Hedges Diary 2 Nov. (1887) I. 45 Ye same day [he] was brought forth and Slippered.
1683 W. Hedges Diary 17 Apr. (1887) I. 78 Ye same person who slippered ye Merchant.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. vii. 152 Slipper him on the hands.
1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 78 That yellow desert-bred girl from Cutch, who..slippered the young prince across the mouth.
2. To provide or cover with slippers.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > footwear
shoec897
boot1468
sandal1713
streek1815
clog1827
slipper1856
beslipper1866
1856 M. Oliphant Zaidee I. 9 The small feet which Mrs. Vivian slippers so handsomely.
3. intransitive. To walk or shuffle along in slippers.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > wearing specific shoes
slipper1888
slipper-slopper1929
1888 M. Reid Child Wife xxix The man slippered off towards the office, in the interior of the hotel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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