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gypse, v.|dʒɪps|
Also 5 gipse.
[In sense a. ad. L. gypsā-re, f. gypsum (see gypsum n.); in sense b. f. gyps.]
†a. trans. To close or plaster down with gypsum (obs.).
b. To dress (a field) with gypsum; only in gypsed |dʒɪpst|, ppl. a.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. xi. 477 So gipse hit vp, and kepe hit for thyn age. Ibid. 524 Now gipse hit fast. 1850Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XI. ii. 434 The gypsed clover becomes a good crop, while the ungypsed clover is burnt up by the drought. |