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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: slippery elm
slippery elm
n : North American elm having rough leaves that are red when
opening; yields a hard wood [syn:
red elm,
Ulmus rubra]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Slippery elm
Slippery
\Slip"per*y\, 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.
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2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery
promise.
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The slippery tops of human state. --Cowley.
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3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
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The slippery god will try to loose his hold.
--Dryden.
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4. Liable to slip; not standing firm. --Shak.
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5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant;
fickle.
“The slippery state of kings.” --Denham.
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6. Uncertain in effect. --L'Estrange.
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7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. --Shak.
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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.
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