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

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. 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. [ 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 ]

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 ]