Slid"ing (?), a.
1.
That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.
2.
Slippery; elusory.
[Obs.]
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.
© Webster 1913.