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slipper

slipper is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.
  2. 2.A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
  3. 3.A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
  4. 4.(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 (Zoöl.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. -- Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort. -- Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zoöl.), a boat shell.
  5. 5.Slippery. [Obs.] O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope Of mortal men. Spenser.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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