slipe

UK: /slaɪp/ US: (slīp)

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slipe  (slīp), n., v., sliped, slip•ing. [Scot.]
n. 

1. Scottish Terms a sledge, drag, or sleigh.

v.t. 

2. Scottish Terms to peel or strip the outer coating from, esp. to peel bark from (a tree or twig).
3. Scottish Terms to slice.

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• late Middle English slypen 1425–75

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slipe / slaɪp/ noun

1. wool removed from the pelt of a slaughtered sheep by immersion in a chemical bath
2. (as modifier): slipe wool

Etymology: from English dialect