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▪ I. slipper, n.|ˈslɪpə(r)|
Also 5 sclypper, 5–6 slyppar, -er; 6 slep(p)er.
[f. slip v.1 + -er1.]
I.
1. a. A light and usually heelless covering for the foot, capable of being easily slipped on, and chiefly employed for indoor wear.
1478Paston Lett. III. 237, ij. schyrtes, and a peyer of sclyppers. 1479Ibid. 240 In the whyche letter was viij d. with the whyche I schuld bye a peyer of slyppers. c1496Sermo pro Episcopo puerorum (W. de W.) b iij, Euyll fasshened garmentes & deuyllysshe shoon & slyppers of frens⁓men. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 85 Some with their slippers to and fro doth praunce, Clapping with their heeles in Church and in queare. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 405 You should..come tripping to mee in your silcken sleppers. 1607Dekker & Marston Northw. Hoe iii. D.'s Wks. 1873 III. 41 What a filthy knaue was the shoo-maker, that made my slippers, what a creaking they keepe. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 30 Their Shoes are of the same colour, and made almost like Slippers. 1716Lady Montagu Lett. I. i. 8, I walked almost all over the town..in my slippers, without receiving one spot of dirt. 1756tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) I. 444 Within the altar is kept a slipper of his of red velvet, with a very low heel. 1819Byron Juan ii. cxxi, Her small snow feet had slippers, but no stocking. 1859Dickens T. Two Cities ii. v, He had his slippers on, and a loose bed-gown.
b. In phrases, etc. See also hunt the slipper s.v. hunt v. 14 b, and lady's slipper.
c1570[Jefferies] Bugbears iv. v, I cannot [tell] what you cal being with child: She hath trode her slipper awrie. 1625Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar 42, I am loth to touch here, or to meddle beyond my slipper. [Cf. last n.1 2 c.] 1767Shuffle the slipper [see draw-glove 1]. 1792S. Rogers Pleas. Mem. i. 35, 'Twas here we chased the slipper by the sound.
c. [After F. pantouflier.] The hammerhead shark.
1796H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) I. 589 The seal, the sea-dog, the shark, the slipper, the thornback.
d. transf. The lip or labellum of an orchid.
1902F. Boyle Greenhouse Orchids 92 Dorsal sepal—that which stands upright above the slipper. 1905R. Haggard Gardener's Year Sept. 328 What the bee or other insects do when they enter the slipper of a Cypripedium.
e. As an instrument of punishment with which a child (etc.) is disciplined by beating. In phr. to take a slipper to (someone).
[1682, etc.: implied at slipper v.2 1] .1876[see rear n.3 2 b]. 1924Galsworthy White Monkey iii. viii. 266 Teach him a sense of other people, as young as possible, with a slipper if necessary. 1932A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms ii. 18 He is very impudent in his manner, and I should dearly like to take my slipper to him. 1978R. Mills Comprehensive Educ. 21 ‘I haven't done my homework, my History.’ ‘Ha, ha, it's the slipper for you then.’ 1982Daily Tel. 1 Mar. 10/7 The cane and slipper never did the likes of us any harm.
f. A temporary shoe for a horse.
1903Somerville & ‘Ross’ All on Irish Shore iii. 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.’ 1953G. Brooke Introd. Riding & Stablecraft 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.
†2. Her. (See quot. 1610 and cf. fusil1.)
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iv. vii, This is called a wharrow spindle, where the other are called Slippers that passe thorow the Yarne as this doth. 1680–4Dingley Hist. fr. Marble (Camden) II. p. cclxxxvii, Hobye who beareth argent three Fusils upon slippers gules.
†3. Arch. = plinth 1. Obs. rare.
1611Cotgr., Plinthe, a Plinth, or Slipper; a flat, and square peece of Masonrie, &c. 1703[R. Neve] City & C. Purchaser 244 Slipper, the same as Plinth. [Also in later Dicts.]
4. a. A form of skid used to retard the speed of a vehicle in descending a hill.
1827Sporting Mag. XX. 267 The ‘Nimrod’ coach with a skid, or slipper. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., Slipper, a skid-pan. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 212 A slipper or ‘skid’ which can be placed under a wheel.
b. Mining. (See quots.)
1883Gresley Gloss. Coal-m., Skids, slides or slippers upon which certain coal-cutting machines travel along the faces whilst at work. Ibid., 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.
1900Engineering Mag. XIX. 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. Mech. 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.
1881N. P. Burgh Mod. Marine Engin. (rev. ed.) 72/1 The guide channels..are the ordinary kind, arranged to receive slipper blocks. 1883A. 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. 1952Fox & McBirnie Marine Steam Engines & Turbines ix. 155 A single slipper crosshead is generally made as shown. 1971Naval 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. Mech. A part that is capable of sliding in the direction of its length.
1903Electr. World & Engin. 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. 1930Engineering 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. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XI. 611/2 Sleds are carried on shoes or slippers that grip the railhead in order to prevent derailing.
5. ‘A kind of apron for children, to be slipped over their other clothes to keep them clean’ (Webster, 1828–32).
1818L. D. Clark Diary 11 July in Firelands Pioneer (1920) XXI. 2314 Made a slipper for Mrs. Caufield's baby.
II.
6. a. One who slips; also with away.
1648Hexham ii, Een glipper, a Stealer away, or a Slipper away. 1860Worcester, Slipper, one who, or that which, slips.
b. As a fish-name: (see quot.).
1866Buckland 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.
7. a. Coursing. The person appointed to slip the hounds at the proper moment.
1825Sporting Mag. XVI. 268 The slipper should be a horse's length in advance of the beaters. 1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rural Sports 209 If a judge or slipper be in any way connected with a dog..entered in a stake [etc.]. 1885Daily 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. colloq. Somewhat rare.
1903D. L. G. 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. 1973Daily Tel. 23 July 32/1 If Hayes be sufficiently rated as a slipper, Roope could be spared.
8. dial. (See quot.)
1841Hartshorne Salop Ant. Gloss., Slipper, a mare who casts her foal.
III. 9. attrib. and Comb. (in sense 1), as slipper-like adj., slipper maker, slipper manufacturer, slipper shape, slipper-shaped, † slipper-shoe.
1568MS. Depositions (Cant. Cath. Libr. 161), With a pair of slipper showes on her feete. 1796C. Marshall Gardening xix. (1813) 340 The flower..is esteemed only for the curiosity of its slipper shape. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 275 The central fleshy slipper-like body from within which the stamens proceed. 1847Steele Field Bot. 164 Lip of cor[olla] slipper-shaped. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Slipper manufacturer, a maker of carpet shoes, or light thin indoor leather shoes. 1889Pall Mall G. 5 Oct. 7/1 There are slipper makers..engaged in it.
10. Special combs.: slipper animalcule, a common infusorian of the genus Paramecium; † slipper barnacle (?); slipper-bath, a partially covered bath shaped somewhat like a slipper; now usu. one of a number of single baths of the modern domestic style installed for hire at public baths; slipper-brake = sense 4 a; slipper chair U.S., a low-seated, freq. upholstered chair with a high back; slipper-drag = sense 4 a; slipper limpet (see quot. 1890); slipper-orchid, orchis, an orchid of the genus Cypripedium; † slipper-pear (?); slipper-plant (see quot.); slipper satin, a strong, closely woven fabric with a semi-glossy appearance, used for making slippers, dresses, furnishings, etc.; slipper-shell (see quot.); slipperslapper nonce-wd., a loose, sloppily-fitting slipper (cf. slip-slop n. 4); slipper socks, sox pl., a pair of slippers with socks combined; slipper spurs, = slipper-plant; slipperwort, the calceolaria or campanula.
1882Cassell'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. 1891Chambers's Encycl. VII. 754/1 Paramecium, or Slipper Animalcule, an Infusorian very common in pond water or in vegetable infusions.
1767Phil. Trans. LVII. 432 The shelly bases of the..Worm-shell, the Tree Oyster, and the *Slipper Barnicle.
1829Cooper Good's Study Med. I. 388 The occasional use of..the *slipper-bath and fomentations. 1898Daily News 18 Apr. 10/7 Four large swimming-baths and a large number of private or slipper-baths. 1960L. 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. 1981Times 25 Feb. 8/5 The council closed down a slipper bath which had been used by pensioners living in bed-sitters.
1884Daily News 2 Sept. 2 He was under the impression..that the *slipper-brake was attached all right.
1938House Beautiful Jan. 41 *Slipper chair... Typical of the French Regency. Broad proportions, beech frame delicately carved. Circa 1715. 1957M. Millar Soft Talkers x. 94 Her mother sat in a slipper chair. 1979M. McMullen But Nellie was so Nice (1981) i. v. 42 He..made himself pleasant to Ursula in her slipper chair.
1883Good Words 186 When we stop to adjust the *slipperdrag before rushing full speed down a break-neck precipice.
1861Chambers's Encycl. II. 528/1 Bonnet Limpets, and *Slipper Limpets. 1890Ibid. VI. 638 The family Acmæidæ..are often called ‘slipper-limpets’, from the presence of an internal flange on the incipiently spiral shell.
1885A. Brassey The Trades 158 The brown *slipper-orchid, fit chaussure for Cinderella or a fairy-queen.
1889Chambers's Encycl. III. 642/2 Cypripedium, or *Slipper-orchis.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 213 Windsor, Sovereign, Orange, Bergamot, *Slipper-Pear.
1848Craig, *Slipper-plant, the common name given to plants of the genus Pedilanthus.
1937M. Sharp Nutmeg Tree xxiii. 297 They saw the Disgusted Lady..marvellous in ice-blue *slipper satin. 1970D. Clark Deadly Pattern v. 104 A gilt-legged Chesterfield upholstered in cream slipper satin.
1858Baird Cycl. Nat. Sci. I. 95/1 Of the genus Crepidula, or *slipper shell, forty recent species are known.
1922Joyce Ulysses 86 Slop about in *slipperslappers for fear he'd wake.
1950Sears, Roebuck Catal. Fall/Winter 1324/6 *Slipper socks. 1951Ibid. Fall/Winter 371 (heading) Footease slipper socks for every member of the family. 1970Guardian 15 Dec. 9/3 Just tee-shirts with dungarees or jeans—plus slippersox. 1973Sunday Advocate-News (Barbados) 9 Dec. 25/1 Slipper socks and bow ties can be great ways to gift him.
1887G. Nicholson Dict. Gardening III. 58 Pedilanthus,..*Slipper Spurs.
1819Pantologia II, Calceolaria, *Slipperwort. 1885G. Nicholson Dict. Gardening I. 253 Campanula,..Bell-flower: Slipper-wort.
▪ II. slipper, a. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈslɪpə(r)|
Forms: 1 slipor, 3 sluper, 1, 4–6 sliper (5 scliper, slipir, 6 -ar), 4–6 slipre, slyper, 5–6 sleper (5 slepyr); 5– slipper (5 slippyr, 6 Sc. -ar), 5–6 slypper, 9 dial. slepper, zlipper.
[OE. slipor, = MLG. slipper (MSw. slipper), G. schlipfer, related to slip v.1]
1. Having a smooth slippery surface or exterior; readily slipping from one's grasp or out of place, etc. Also fig.
a1050Liber Scintill. lxxviii. (1889) 210 Deoful soðlice næddre ys slipor. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 393 Þei ben so slipre and so hard þat Goddis word takiþ not in hem. c1430Two Cookery Bks. 23 Wasshem..wyth Ale & Salt, an do so whele þey ben slepyr [v.r. sliper]. 1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 103 Thenne was his body also glat and slyper, that the wulf sholde haue none holde on hym. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 71 The whiche do make the waye slypper, sople, & easy for it to procede, with y⊇ oyles or oyntmentes spoken of before. 1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits (1616) 138 The melancholicke haue euer their mouth full of froath and spittle, through which disposition their tongue is moyst and slipper. 1847H. Baird (N. Hogg) Poet. Lett. (1858) 26 Ma staff wis za zlipper.
fig.1591Lodge Catharos vi. 52 Their wordes..are more slipper than oile, but in the ende they are steeled arrowes to destroy.
b. Of a hold: Liable to slip.
1460in Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1866) 60 He..of his hert also hathe sliper hold. 1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 501 A slipper holde the taile is of an ele. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 170 Slyper as an eeles tayle is the holde of it.
c. Readily passing through the body.
1539Elyot Cast. Helthe 46 Moreouer take hede, that slypper meates be not firste eaten.
2. Slippery; difficult to stand upon.
c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 426 Him þouȝhte he saiȝ a sluper brugge swyþe fayr and heiȝ. a1300E.E. Psalter xxxiv. 7 Mirkenes and sliper be þare wai. c1420Lydg. Assembly of Gods 1074 Howe be hyt, the slepyr grasse made many of hem fall. 1490Caxton Eneydos vii. 32 Fortune..imposed vnder the feet of the righte chaste quene, thyng slypper & lubrick, for to make hir to ouerthrowe. c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) C j, As on a slipper grounde, oft man doth fall or slide. 1553Brende Q. Curtius Aa v, Thei were easelie beaten downe, by reason the Rocke hadde so slippar and unstable standing. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. i. iv. (1848) 84 Ice is at once the smoothest and slipperest of ways. 1718S. Sewall Diary 28 Jan., Twas Foggy and slipper and Rain, and the Slay fail'd. 1886Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. 680 The road's so zlipper's glass.
3. Of a shifty, unreliable character; deceitful, insincere:
a. Of disposition, conduct, actions, etc.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 92 Þwyrlice ðing ðe heora hlafordas doð ᵹeswencte fram carum, and slipere þurh unstæððiᵹnysse. 1382Wyclif Prov. xxvi. 28 The slideri [v.r. slyper] mouth werchith fallingis. c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 3295, I..haue espyed eke ful wel, How of slyper conscience Thow yaf a doom. c1450in 3rd Rep. Roy. Comm. Hist. MSS. 280 Therfore he hath by slypper eschaunge the lordship and castell of Glaxton. 1547Latimer in Foxe A. & M. (1563) 1349/2, I haue charitablye monished you in a secret letter of your slipper dealinge, and such like misbehauiour. 1587Golding De Mornay xvi. (1592) 262 A thousand sortes of slipper deuices and idle words.
b. Of persons.
c1400Beryn 1641 Ther-in dwellid a Burgeyse, þe moste scliper man Of al the town þurh-out. a1540Barnes Wks. (1573) 283/1, I know they bee slipper that I haue to doe wyth, and there is no holde of them. 1575Churchyard Chippes (1817) 189 Thus waiters on, doe nought but friends beguile, And slipper lads, as false and fine as those, For no offence, become most mortall foes. 1604Shakes. Oth. ii. i. 246 A slipper, and subtle knaue, a finder of occasion.
4. Of memory: Not retentive; forgetful.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 5 For schort lyfe..and a slipper memory lete vs to knowe mony thynges. 1509Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. cxlii. Wks. (1876) 240 Many haue so slypper a mynde that can not kepe in memory a thynge shewed vnto them by the space of an houre. 1539Elyot Cast. Helthe 75 Wherof do happen unstablenesse of wytte and slipper remembraunce.
5. Of conditions: On which one cannot depend; having no stability or certainty.
c1430Hoccleve New Cant. T. (E.E.T.S.) 14 In thys slypre lyf and peryllous, Staff of comfort & help to man ys she. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 96/1 Thys lyf..is so sleper and fleeyng that whan one weneth to holde it it fleeth away. a1533Ld. Berners Gold Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) A a v b, Theyr vayne glorie and slypper prosperitee, endured but two daies. 1557Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 161 For slipper welth will not cuntinue, plesure will weare away. 1598R. Grenewey Tacitus, Ann. i. xv. (1622) 29 The higher he should clime, the slipperer his estate should be.
6. Insignificant, trifling. rare—1.
1567Harding 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.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie i. iv. (Arb.) 24 The vtterance in prose..is also not so voluble and slipper vpon the tong. Ibid. ii. xiii. 134 Such letters as be by nature slipper and voluble and smoothly passe from the mouth.
b. dial. Fluent, voluble; given to talk.
1842H. J. Daniel Bride of Scio, etc. 177 Yer tongue..'s too saucy, and too slepper. 1900J. H. Harris Our Cove xi. 150 Wimmen's tongues es too slipper in what doan't consarn 'em.
8. Light, wanton. (Cf. slippery a. 5.)
1581G. Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 29 She began to make relation of the slipper prankes of the Dutchesses Gentlewomen, and had neuer done with her reprochfull reportes.
9. Comb., as slipper-fast, slipper-tongued, slipper-witted.
1550Bale Image both Ch. ii. xvi. 106 b, The folyshe, fantastycall, and slypper wytted sort. 1569Bl. Letter Ball. & Broadsides (1867) 221 Ye knowe, whyles louers are vnbounde, The knotte is slyper faste a. 1586Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 89/1 The lord Thomas..answered, as one that was somewhat slipper toonged, in this wise.
▪ III. † ˈslipper, v.1 Obs. rare.
[ad. MDu. slipperen (= obs. or dial. G. schlippern, schlipfern), f. slippen slip v.1]
intr. To slip or slide.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xix. 21 b, The shot which can but slippering passe ouer it. 1648Hexham ii, Slibberende, Slippring. Ibid., Een slibberinge, a Slippering, or a Sliding.
▪ IV. slipper, v.2|ˈslɪpə(r)|
[f. slipper n. 1.]
1. trans. To beat or strike with a slipper.
1682Hedges Diary 2 Nov. (1887) I. 45 Y⊇ same day [he] was brought forth and Slippered. 1683Ibid. 17 Apr. I. 78 Y⊇ same person who slippered y⊇ Merchant. 1857Hughes Tom Brown i. vii, Slipper him on the hands! 1893Kipling Many Invent. 78 That yellow desert-bred girl from Cutch, who..slippered the young prince across the mouth.
2. To provide or cover with slippers.
1856Mrs. Oliphant Zaidee I. 9 The small feet which Mrs. Vivian slippers so handsomely.
3. intr. To walk or shuffle along in slippers.
1888Mayne Reid Child Wife xxix, The man slippered off towards the office, in the interior of the hotel. |
