slipe

slipe
/sluyp/, n., v., sliped, sliping. Scot.
n.
1. a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
v.t.
2. to peel or strip the outer coating from, esp. to peel bark from (a tree or twig).
3. to slice.
[1425-75; late ME slypen < ?]

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