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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Slip·per n.
 1. One who, or that which, slips.
 2. A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.
 3. A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
 4. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
 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.
 Slipper animalcule Zool., a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium.
 Slipper flower.Bot. Slipperwort.
 Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell Zool., a boat shell.