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wiping
(encz) | wiping,stírání n: Zdeněk Brož |
wiping
(encz) | wiping,utírání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Wiping
(gcide) | Wipe \Wipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wiped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wiping.] [OE. vipen, AS. w[imac]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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wiping
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Swiping
(gcide) | Swipe \Swipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swiped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swiping.]
1. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping
motion, as a ball.
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Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. --R. A.
Proctor.
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2. To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, U.S.]
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