That sliding science hath me made so bare.
Chaucer.
Sliding friction (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding
along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction.
-- Sliding gunter (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so
as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards. -- Sliding keel
(Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard. -- Sliding pair.
(Mech.) See the Note under Pair, n., 7. -- Sliding rule. Same as Slide
rule, under Slide, n. -- Sliding scale. (a) A scale for raising or
lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A
variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. -- Sliding ways
(Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel.
Sli*dom"e*ter (?), n. [Slide + -meter.] An instrument for indicating
and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.
Slight (?), n. Sleight. Spenser.
Slight, v. t. [Cf. D. slechten to level, to demolish.] 1. To overthrow;
to demolish. [Obs.] Clarendon.