slipe

[slahyp]

slipe

[slahyp] noun, verb, sliped, slip·ing. Scot.
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.

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Slipe is one of our favorite verbs.
So is absquatulate. Does it mean:
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to flee; abscond:

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English slypen < ?
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slipe (slaɪp)
 
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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