transitive. To wipe (the deck) with a lipper. Chiefly to lipper up, off.
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1887 G. B. GoodeFisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 287 The decks..are..‘lippered up’ regularly while boiling, for the sake of cleanliness and economy as well.
1887 G. B. GoodeFisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 287Lippering up [see lippern.3].
1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) To lipper off the deck.