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flype

transitive verb
\ ˈflīp\
-ed/-ing/-s

Definition of flype

 (Entry 1 of 2)

1 chiefly Scottish : to strip off by or as if by peeling
2 chiefly Scottish : to turn or fold back (as a stocking)

flype

noun
\ "\
plural -s

Definition of flype (Entry 2 of 2)

chiefly Scottish
: a fold or flap (as of something turned back)

History and Etymology for flype

Transitive verb

Middle English flipen, probably of Scandinavian origin like flype entry 2

Noun

of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic flipi lip of a horse, piece of skin or leather, flipa to wound, Old Norse fleipa to gossip, Old Swedish flipa to whimper and perhaps to Old Norse flā to flay

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