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- adjective ceramics Not prepared with
slip (mix of clay and water).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Instantly he sprang up, unslipped the grille, and peered inside.
Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989
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Tripod bowls in unslipped 'kitchen' ware (VIII, Fig. 8).
How to Observe in Archaeology Various
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Ardan unslipped Conbeg and the hound went amongst the birds.
The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said Padraic Colum 1926
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Almost at the moment her head touched the coarse, unslipped pillow, she fell into a deep sleep, from which hours later she was awakened by an insistent tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.
The Gold Girl 1921
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The Moros silently unslipped their knives, and dextrously removed the skin.
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He looked, at me, my foolish hesitation having perhaps unslipped a suspicion that was straining at its leash.
The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro Rafael Sabatini 1912
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She frowned, and taking the packet from its resting place, unslipped the band and spread out its contents.
Out of the Ashes Ethel Watts Mumford 1909
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But there was only joy of it aboard; we stood gladly as the _Celsis_ heeled to it, and rising free as an unslipped hound, sent the spray flying in clouds, and dipped her decks to the foam which washed her.
The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea Max Pemberton 1906
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Captain Branscome had unslipped his gun, and stood eyeing the Doctor with a puzzled frown.
Poison Island Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"It was a grand long shot!" said Sandy, as he unslipped the sagacious old retriever, and sent her down into the glen.
Macleod of Dare William Black 1869
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