slypen.
/slʌɪp/, U.S. /slaɪp/ Architecture.attributive.1896 Westm. Gaz. 11 Sept. 3/1 Examples of twelfth-century work..may be seen on the slype door of the south transept of St. Alban's Abbey.
A covered way or passage, esp. one lying between the transept of a cathedral or monastic church and the chapter-house, and commonly leading out from the cloister.
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slype1860
1860 M. E. C. Walcott Cathedrals in U.K. (ed. 2) 261 The slype is the passage on the south-west side of the nave.
1861 G. G. Scott Gleanings Westm. Abbey 37 It occupies a space which is very frequent in abbeys, intervening between the transept and the entrance to the chapter-house, and often called by the expressive name of ‘the slype’.
1865 Ecclesiologist XXV. 207 The Slype was the passage which led to the cemetery lying usually between the transept and chapter house.
1884 19th Cent. Jan. 104 Where the transept ended there usually came a narrow passage called a slype.
1888 Daily News 6 Sept. 6/5 The stones form part of the vaulting of the slype or corridor leading to the old burial ground of the monks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
slypev.
/slʌɪp/, U.S. /slaɪp/ Basket-making.
transitive. To cut away one side of (a rod or cane) with a long slanting cut, so that it comes to a point.
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upset1875
slew1902
fitch1907
slype1910
by-stake1912
rib-rand1959
1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 482/2 If the bottom is made on a hoop the butts of the stakes are ‘sliped’, i.e. cut away with a long cut of the shop-knife, and turned tightly round the hoop; they are then said to be ‘scallomed’ on.
1912 T. Okey Introd. Art of Basket-making vii. 68 Having prepared the stuff, slype six bottom-sticks.
Derivatives
slype n.
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slype1912
1912 T. Okey Introd. Art of Basket-making vii. 154 Slype, a long cut.
1959 D. Wright Baskets & Basketry vi. 136 Slype, a slanting or flat cut.
slyped adj.
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slyped1953
1953 A. G. Knock Willow Basket-work (ed. 5) 27 The blackberry basket,..requires a bow of stout rod fitted across the basket..by inserting its slyped ends down into the siding.
ˈslyping n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > manufacture of fabric from specific materials > manufacture of articles made from twigs, etc. > basket-making > processes
slewing1902
picking1912
pricking-up1912
rib-randing1912
scallom1912
listing1953
slyping1960
1960 E. Legg Country Baskets 52 The liners are duly slyped before insertion... Slyping is done whenever you need to shape a rod or cane to fit it snugly and securely against another.
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