Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not slipping; not liable to slip.
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Examples
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A light line has been thrown over each stay, and been thrown repeatedly around so as to form an unslipping knot.
CHAPTER XLIV 2010
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A light line has been thrown over each stay, and been thrown repeatedly around so as to form an unslipping knot.
Chapter 44 1914
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A light line has been thrown over each stay, and been thrown repeatedly around so as to form an unslipping knot.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore Jack London 1896
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If thou art weary already, what wilt thou be when the Noose is fixt, and no kind relieving Hand can do thee the curtesy of unslipping it.
Manley: The Lost Lover: Characters Manley 1696
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"Passengers were unslipping their flight harnesses, organizing luggage and tapecases and personal effects.
Cachalot Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1980
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