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e stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece. Addison.

A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.

A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces. Gwilt.

A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground. [Obs.] Drayton.

Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. [Local, Eng.] Holland.

A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:

One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.

A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes. Sleeve button, a detachable button to fasten the wristband or cuff. -- Sleeve links, two bars or buttons linked together, and used to fasten a cuff or wristband. -- To laugh in the sleeve, to laugh privately or un…

A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.

To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper. The branches also may be slipped and planted. Mortimer.

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 (Zoöl.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. -- Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort. -- Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zoöl.), a boat shell.…

To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.

To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood. Shak. They 'll sliver thee like a turnip. Sir W. Scott.

A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; a slat; as, the sloats of a cart.

from Slock. Slocking stone, a rich piece of ore displayed in order to tempt persons to embark in a mining enterprise.

o direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.

A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.

Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow. Kane.

To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body.