slip

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

1) The opening between wharves or in a dock.--Webster.


This word is peculiar to New York, where we have Peck Slip, Burling Slip, Old Slip, Coenties Slip, etc.

2) In New England, a long seat or narrow pew in a church.--Webster. When there is a door, they are called pews; when without doors and free to all, slips. This, I believe, is the difference between them.

3) An escape; a desertion.--Johnson. 'To give one the slip,' means to escape, or run away.

The more shame for her goody-ship,

To give so near a friend the slip.--Hudibras.

The daw did not like his companion. and gave him the slip, and away into the woods.--L'Estrange.

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

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