Noah Webster
Slipper
SLIP'PER, noun
1. A kind of shoe consisting of a sole and vamp without quarters, which may be slipped on with ease and worn in undress; a slip-shoe.
2. A kind of apron for children, to be slipped over their other clothes to keep them clean.
3. A plant. [Latin crepis.]
4. A kind of iron slide or lock for the use of a heavy wagon.
SLIP'PER, adjective Slippery [Not in use.]