noun
1.
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
verb (used with object)
2.
to peel or strip the outer coating from, especially to peel bark from (a tree or twig).
3.
to slice.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English slypen < ?
1425–75; late Middle English slypen < ?
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| —n | |
| (NZ) | |
| a. wool removed from the pelt of a slaughtered sheep by immersion in a chemical bath | |
| b. (as modifier): slipe wool | |
| [from English dialect] | |
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