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   Wipe, v. 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.]
   
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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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