Category:Slipper

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.)

Defn: 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 (zoöl.), a ciliated infusorian of the Genus paramecium. -- slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort. -- slipper limpet, or slipper shell (zoöl.), a boat shell.

Slipper Slip"per, a. Etym: [as. slipur.]

Defn: slippery. [obs.] O! Trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope of mortal men. Spenser.