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Webster 1913 Edition
Wiper
Wip′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, wipes.
2.
Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag.
3.
(Mach.)
A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam.
4.
(Firearms)
A rod, or an attachment for a rod, for holding a rag with which to wipe out the bore of the barrel.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wiper
WIPER
,Noun.
1.
One who wipes.2.
The instrument used for wiping.Definition 2024
wiper
wiper
English
Noun
wiper (plural wipers)
- Someone who wipes.
- Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- So, Willy, let you and me be wipers / Of scores out with all men — especially pipers!
- Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
- Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
- A movable electric contact in some devices.
- (nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
Translations
someone who wipes
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movable electric contact
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nautical: junior role in the engine room