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wiped |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wipe \Wipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wiped}; p. pr & vb n. {Wiping}.] [OE. vipen, AS w[=i]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.] 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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