Wipe (?), n. [Cf. Sw. vipa, Dan. vibe, the lapwing.] Zool.
The lapwing.
[Prov. Eng.]
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Wipe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wiped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wiping.] [OE. vipen, AS. wipian; cf. LG. wiep a wisp of straw, Sw. vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one's self up, vepa a blanket; perhaps akin to E. whip.]
1.
To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.
Let me wipe thy face.
Shak.
I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
2 Kings xxi. 13.
2.
To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively.
"To
wipe out our ingratitude."
Shak.
Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon.
Milton.
3.
To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods.
Robynson (More's Utopia)
To wipe a joint Plumbing, to make a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe, by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing. -- To wipe the nose of, to cheat. [Old Slang]
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Wipe, n.
1.
Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean.
2.
A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe.
[Low]
3.
A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm.
Swift.
4.
A handkerchief.
[Thieves' Cant or Slang]
5.
Stain; brand.
[Obs.] "Slavish
wipe."
Shak.
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