2 entries under this word

Slipper

Slip'per, n.

noun

n. [A-S. slipper, slypecō, slebesceōh, O. D. slope, a worn slipper.]

  1. One who, or that which, slips.
  2. One who makes slips. [Obs.] Halliwell.
  3. A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slip-shoe.
  4. A kind of apron for children, to be slipped over their other clothes to keep them clean.
  5. A kind of iron slide or shoe for the wheel of a wagon.
  6. A certain plant or herb.

Slip'per, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. slipur.] Slippery. [Obs.]

O, slipper hope of mortal men. Spenser.