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slipe

American  
[slahyp] / slaɪp /

noun

  1. a sledge, drag, or sleigh.

verb (used with object)

sliped, sliping

  1. to peel or strip the outer coating from, especially to peel bark from (a tree or twig).

  2. to slice.

slipe British  
/ slaɪp /

noun

    1. wool removed from the pelt of a slaughtered sheep by immersion in a chemical bath

    2. ( as modifier )

      slipe wool
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Etymology

Origin of slipe

1425–75; late Middle English slypen < ?

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Whenever such gatherings were attended, the youngster had to "slipe off" unknown to his parents.

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney

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