Slide rest
(Turning lathes) a contrivance for holding, moving, and guiding, the cutting tool, made to slide on ways or guides by screws or otherwise, and having compound motion.

Slide rule
a mathematical instrument consisting of two parts, one of which slides upon the other, for the mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and, by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and division.

Slide valve
a -	Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port
b -	A particular kind of sliding valve, often used in steam engines for admitting steam to the piston and releasing it, alternately, having a cuplike cavity in its face, through which the exhaust steam passes. It is situated in the steam chest, and moved by the valve gear. It is sometimes called a D valve, - a name which is also applied to a semicylindrical pipe used as a sliding valve.

Noun	1.	slide - a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study Synonyms: microscope slide
	2.	slide - (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
	3.	slide - (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" Synonyms: swoop
	4.	slide - plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
	5.	slide - the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope" Synonyms: glide, coast
	6.	slide - a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector Synonyms: lantern slide
	7.	slide - sloping channel through which things can descend Synonyms: slideway, sloping trough, chute
Verb	1.	slide - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" Synonyms: slew, slue, slip, skid
	2.	slide - to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" Synonyms: slither
	3.	slide - move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"

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