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▪ I. wiping, vbl. n.|ˈwaɪpɪŋ|
[f. wipe v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb wipe, q.v. (lit. or fig.) Also with advs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. lxxx. (1495) L viij/1 Wyth wypynge & clensynge this vnclennes of leed may be taken away. c1440Promp. Parv. 530/1 Wypynge, of handys.., tersura. 1448–9J. Metham Amoryus & Cl. 1632 This lyoun..in hys welteryng Made alle blody Cleopes kerchyff in hys wypyng. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. 4 b, The Confutacion, is a dissoluyng or wipyng awaie, of all suche reasons as make against vs. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 207 When they require wiping, a warm piece of silk..is the most suitable material to use. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. II. x. 499 This Gemót was meant to be a wiping out of old scores. 1890Jacobi 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. concr. (pl.): see quot. 1888.
1888Jacobi Printers' Voc. 156 Wipings, cotton refuse used for wiping up and cleansing machinery. 1905Daily News 4 Mar. 6 There is sometimes spontaneous combustion..in the ink and wipings at a printer's.
3. attrib. and Comb. Used for wiping, as wiping-handkerchief, wiping-towel; wiping-bar Glass-making: see quot.; wiping-cloth (spec. in Plumbing: see wipe v. 3); wiping head, a head (head n.1 11 g) for removing any recording from a magnetic tape or wire; an erase head; wiping-rod, -stick, a rod fitted with a piece of cloth or tow for cleaning out the bore of a gun.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 590 (Glass-making) The *wiping bar..wrapped in linen, to remove dust.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Almayzar, a *wiping cloth of haire. 1888J. 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.
1647Trapp Comm. James v. 1 (1656) 913 Better weep here, where there are *wiping-handkerchiefs in the hand of Christ, then to have your eyes whipt out in hell.
1938Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers LXXXII. 266/2 The *wiping head carries a direct current adequate to saturate the tape completely, so that it leaves the head fully magnetized. 1950[see record button s.v. record v.1 12 a].
1875Knight Dict. Mech. s.v. Rod, The..*wiping-rod,..used by gun-smiths.
1817J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 167 They often take from them the furs they have collected, and beat them severely with their *wiping sticks. 1848Blackw. Mag. July 18/1 Pete was in the act of forcing down the ball with his long hickory wiping-stick.
1582Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 40 Thee wayting seruaunts..doe carrye..*wyping towels. 1911K. D. Wiggin Mother Carey xiii, She..gave the wiping towels to Julia.
▪ II. ˈwiping, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That wipes, in various senses: see the verb.
1483Cath. Angl. 420/1 Wypynge, tergosus. 1597Gerarde Herbal i. lxxv. 114 A certaine wiping, cleansing, and attracting facultie. 1599Marston Sco. Villanie iii. xi, The quick change, with wiping mandritta. 1902Engineering Mag. XIX. 758/1 A wiping-out electromagnet, which removes all traces of the record. |