n. a heelless slipper specifically designed to be worn by ballet dancers while dancing. [ PJC ]

a. Having thick lips. “A blobber-lipped shell.” Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calippic period, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. trimmed with clippers; as, a clipped hedge. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (music) staccato; -- contrasted with legato.
Syn. -- short. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. effectively concise.
Syn. -- brief, crisp, curt, laconic, short, terse, to the point(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coins. [ 1913 Webster ]

The value is pared off from it into the clipper's pocket. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built with a fast hull and tall sails, rigged for fast sailing, and used in trade where the cargo capacity was less important than the speed; -- called also clipper ship. -- Clip"per-built` a. [1913 Webster]

☞ The name was first borne by “Baltimore clippers” famous as privateers in the early wars of the United States. [1913 Webster]

4. (Electronics) a circuit that limits the amplitude of a waveform.
Syn. -- limiter. [WordNet 1.5]

Yankee Clipper, (a) a clipper ship built in the United States. See clipper{3}. (b) Joe DiMaggio; -- a nickname for the player who was a prominent member of the New York Yankees baseball team in the 1940's. [PJC]

n. 1. a type of shears for cutting grass or shrubbery; as, hedge clippers.
Syn. -- clipper, hedge clippers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a cutting device for cutting hair or finger nails; as, nail clippers.
Syn. -- clipper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of embracing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins. This practise was common when precious metals such as silver or gold were used in commonly circulated major coins, such as the dime, quarter, and higher denominations; scoundrels would remove small slivers of precious metal from the edges of many coins, eventually accumulating enough precious metal to be worth a significant sum, while passing on the clipped coins at their nominal values. After most governments discontinued coinage in silver and gold in the late 1900's, the practice became obsolete. The serrations, or milling, at the edges of coins was introduced to defeat the practice by making the result of clipping evident. Many coins continued to be made with milled edges even after the practice of clipping was rendered pointless by use of non-precious metals in coinage. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who receives clipped money. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Football) The act of hitting a player from behind, for the purpose of blocking. It is illegal in football because it can lead to injury to the blocked player, who cannot anticipate the action. A penalty of 10 yards or more may be assessed against the team of the offending player. [ PJC ]

a. Adorned with cowslips. “Cowslipped lawns.” Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a rare north temperate bog orchid (Calypso bulbosa) bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above one basal leaf.
Syn. -- calypso, Calypso bulbosa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.[ See Flippant. ] The state or quality of being flippant. [ 1913 Webster ]

This flippancy of language. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Prov. E. flip to move nimbly; cf. W. llipa soft, limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble, prattle. Cf. Flip, Fillip, Flap, Flipper. ] 1. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. [ 1913 Webster ]

It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. “Flippant epilogues.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To put flippant scorn to the blush. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sort of flippant, vain discourse. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flippant person. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flippant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or quality of being flippant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Flip, Flippant. ] 1. (Zool.) A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) The hand. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. flipper [ By analogy with flipper[ W13(1) ], the limb of an aquatic animal used for locomotion ] A type of shoe with a paddle-like front extending well beyond the end of the toe, used an aid in swimming (especially underwater). They are typically of rubber-like material, and are not worn when walking on land.
Syn. -- fin, fins. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) Same as lady's slipper.
Syn. -- lady's slipper, lady's-slipper, slipper orchid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. (Bot.) Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; as, thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Labiate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lippitudo, fr. lippus blear-eyed: cf. F. lippitude. ] Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyed; blearedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Philippi, a city of ancient Macedonia. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Philippi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Philippiko`s belonging to Philip, Philippic, Gr. filippikos, fr. Fi`lippos Philip, fi`lippos fond of horses: cf. F. philippique. ] 1. Any one of the series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Any discourse or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog; it draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages.
Syn. -- Filipino. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. An East Asian country occupying the Phillipine Islands.
Syn. -- Republic of the Philippines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An archipelago off the eastern coast of Asia.
Syn. -- Philippine Islands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. So named from Philippe Plantamour, of Geneva, Switzerland. ] (Chem.) A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Philippized p. pr. & vb. n. Philippizing. ] [ Gr. &unr_; to be on Philip's side. ] 1. To support or advocate the cause of Philip of Macedon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ See Philippic. ] To write or speak in the style of a philippic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, slips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of apron or pinafore for children. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slipper animalcule (Zool.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. --
Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort. --
Slipper limpet, or
Slipper shell (Zool.), a boat shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. slipur. ] Slippery. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope
Of mortal men. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing slippers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a slippery manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being slippery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Slipperiness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden.
Syn. -- lady's slipper, lady's-slipper, lady-slipper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) See Calceolaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Slipper, a. ] 1. Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

The slippery tops of human state. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. [ 1913 Webster ]

The slippery god will try to loose his hold. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Liable to slip; not standing firm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. “The slippery state of kings.” Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Uncertain in effect. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. (b) A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); -- so called on the Pacific coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Slipperiness. [ R. ] “The slippiness of the way.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. slipeg. ] Slippery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having two lips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Divided in such a manner as to resemble the two lips when the mouth is more or less open; bilabiate. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]