WIPE
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Wipe (?), n. [Cf. Sw. vipa, Dan. vibe, the lapwing.] (Zo&ö;l.) The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]
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Wipe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wiped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wiping.] [OE. vipen, AS. w&ī;pian; 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.]
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1. To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel.
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Let me wipe thy face.
Shak.
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I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
2 Kings xxi. 13.
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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.
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Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon.
Milton.
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3. To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out. [Obs.] Spenser.
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If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods.
Robynson (More's Utopia)
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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.
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2. A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe. [Low]
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3. A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm. Swift.
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4. A handkerchief. [Thieves' Cant or Slang]
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5. Stain; brand. [Obs.] “Slavish wipe.” Shak.
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