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Slidding

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. {Slid}; p. p. {Slidden}, {Slid}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Slidding}.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[=i]dan; akin to
   MHG. sl[=i]ten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled, Lith.
   slidus slippery. Cf. {Sled}.]
   1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or
      without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow
      slides down the mountain's side.

   2. Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth,
      uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of
      gravity, or on the feet.

            They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller.

   3. To pass inadvertently.

            Beware thou slide not by it.          --Ecclus.
                                                  xxviii. 26.

   4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently
      onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat
      slides through the water.

            Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden.

            Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
                                                  --Pope.

   5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

            Their foot shall slide in due time.   --Deut. xxxii.
                                                  35.

   6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no
      perceptible cassation of sound.

   7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any
      consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.]

            With good hope let he sorrow slide.   --Chaucer.

            With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
                                                  --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
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