Emily Dickinson Lexicon

slide (-s, slid), v. [OE; see sled, n.] (webplay: bounding, door, down, easy, pass, practices, rolling, stopping, summer, word).

1. Pass smoothly; move with a continuous motion.
2. Slip away ;move quietly; go stealthily; proceed unperceived.
3. Push; thrust; easily propel.
4. Thrust by slipping.
5. Pass; change gradually.

slight (-est), adj. [ME < OScand.] (webplay: addresses, little, small, subject).

1. Slender; slim; small.
2. Light; thin; translucent or transparent.
3. Unimportant; trifling; insignificant.

slight, v. [see slight, adj.]

Disregard; disdain.

slightly, adv. [see slight, adj.]

Scarcely.

slily, adv. [see sly, adj.]

Covertly; secretly; stealthily; quietly.

slim, adj. [Du. 'crooked, perverse, bad, mean'.]

1. Slender; gracefully thin.
2. Long and narrow; small in diameter in proportion to height.
3. Slight.

slink (slunk), v. [OE slincan, to creep, crawl (of reptiles), sink, subside.] (webplay: away, children, corner, steal).

Sneak; steal; creep away quietly.

slip (-ped, -ping, -s, -t), v. [MLG 'slide, glide'.] (webplay: away, bank, between, foot, gradual, hand, held, pass, play, river, smooth, stem, stepping, twigs).

1. Move quickly and softly, without attracting notice.
2. Slide; step unsteadily; nearly fall.
3. Pass; change gradually.
4. Fall; drop.
5. Tuck into a secure place.
6. Break free from.

slipper (-s), n. [see slip, v.] (webplay: away, departing).

Shoe; light covering for the foot; [fig.] person.

slipping, n. [see slip, v.]

Falling; dropping.