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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Wipe

Wipe (wipe)
n.(?)
Wipe
[Cf. Sw. vipa, Dan. vibe, the lapwing.] (Zoöl.)
  1. The lapwing.
    [Prov. Eng.]

Wipe

Wipe (wipe)
v. t.
Wipe
  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]

Wipe

Wipe (wipe)
n.
Wipe
  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.












Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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