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Webster 1913 Edition

Wipe

Wipe

,
Noun.
[Cf. Sw.
vipa
, Dan.
vibe
, the lapwing.]
(Zool.)
The lapwing.
[Prov. Eng.]

Wipe

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wiped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wiping
.]
[OE.
vipen
, AS.
wīpian
; 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.
Shakespeare
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

,
Noun.
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 1828 Edition

Wipe

WIPE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To rub something soft for cleaning; to clean by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel. Luke 7.
2.
To strike off gently.
Some natral tears they droppd, but wipd them soon.
3.
To cleanse from evil practices or abuses; to overturn and destroy what is foul and hateful.
I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish. 2 Kings 21.
4.
To cheat; to defraud.
To wipe away, to cleanse by rubbing or tersion; as, to wipe away a stain or reproach.
To wipe off, to clear away. Wipe off this foul stain; wipe off the dust.
To wipe out, to efface; to obliterate. Wipe out the blot.

WIPE

,
Noun.
1.
The act of rubbing for the purpose of cleaning.
2.
A blow; a stroke.
3.
A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm.
4.
A bird.

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