wipingn.
/ˈwʌɪpɪŋ/ 1. The action of wipe v. (literal or figurative). Also with adverbs.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [noun]
wipinga1398
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxxx. 866 Wiþ wypynge and clensynge þis vnclennesse of lede may be take away.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 530/1 Wypynge, of handys.., tersura.
1448–9 J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes 1632 This lyoun..in hys welteryng Made alle blody Cleopes kerchyff in hys wypyng.
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 4 b The Confutacion, is a dissoluyng or wipyng awaie, of all suche reasons as make against vs.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 207 When they require wiping, a warm silk handkerchief may be applied with advantage.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. x. 499 This Gemót was meant to be a wiping out of old scores.
1890 C. T. Jacobi Printing 232 Packing the rollers.—This is sometimes necessary to avoid the ‘wiping’ of the roller on the extreme edges of the type, which causes an excess of ink.
2. concrete (plural): see quot. 1888.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [noun] > material for wiping with > cotton waste
waste1864
wiping1888
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 156 Wipings, cotton refuse used for wiping up and cleansing machinery.
1905 Daily News 4 Mar. 6 There is sometimes spontaneous combustion..in the ink and wipings at a printer's.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. Used for wiping.
wiping-handkerchief n.
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1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1656) (James v. 1) 913 Better weep here, where there are wiping-handkerchiefs in the hand of Christ, then to have your eyes whipt out in hell.
wiping-towel n.
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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 20 Thee wayting seruaunts..doe carrye..wyping towels.
1911 K. D. Wiggin Mother Carey xiii She..gave the wiping towels to Julia.
C2.
wiping-bar n. Glass-making see quot.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 590 [article Glass-making] The wiping bar..wrapped in linen, to remove dust.
wiping-cloth n. spec. in Plumbing see wipe v. 3.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > soldering equipment
soldering iron1675
grozing-iron1825
hearth1843
round iron1875
wiping-cloth1888
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Almayzar A wiping cloth of haire.
1888 J. W. Clarke Mod. Plumbing Pract. (1914) I. 58 The wiping-cloth following the iron so as to pull or push the solder upwards as it runs downwards on being heated.
wiping head n. a head (head n.1 16f(b)) for removing any recording from a magnetic tape or wire; an erase head.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > equipment for removing recording
wiping head1938
1938 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 82 266/2 The wiping head carries a direct current adequate to saturate the tape completely, so that it leaves the head fully magnetized.
1950 J. W. Godfrey & S. W. Amos Sound Recording & Reprod. (1952) vi. 162 When the Record button is depressed, current is fed to the wiping head.
wiping-rod n. = wiping-stick n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > instrument for cleaning bore
moppet1512
scouring-stick1577
scourer1591
spongea1625
scouring-rod1697
sponge-staff1772
gun-brush1799
fire-swab1813
wiping-stick1817
wiper1826
washing-rod1850
sponge cloth1862
swab1863
wiping-rod1875
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1961/1 The..wiping-rod,..used by gun-smiths.
wiping-stick n. a rod fitted with a piece of cloth or tow for cleaning out the bore of a gun.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > instrument for cleaning bore
moppet1512
scouring-stick1577
scourer1591
spongea1625
scouring-rod1697
sponge-staff1772
gun-brush1799
fire-swab1813
wiping-stick1817
wiper1826
washing-rod1850
sponge cloth1862
swab1863
wiping-rod1875
1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 167 They often take from them the furs they have collected, and beat them severely with their wiping sticks.
1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 18/1 Pete was in the act of forcing down the ball with his long hickory wiping-stick.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
wipingadj.
That wipes, in various senses: see the verb.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [adjective]
wiping1483
1483 Cath. Angl. 420/1 Wypynge, tergosus.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 114 A certaine wiping, cleansing, and attracting facultie.
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H4v The quick change, with wiping mandritta.
1902 Engin. Mag. 19 758/1 A wiping-out electromagnet, which removes all traces of the record.
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