to slip (''to lose one's traction on a slippery surface'')
(ux)
to glide (''to move effortlessly'')
kite (bird)
10th century, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
- (quote)
to glide, to slide under conditions of low friction (to move in continuous contact with a surface)
(inflection of)