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slipa

“slipa” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to grind, to polish (by abrading)
  2. to sharpen, to hone (make (minor) improvements (to))
  3. to sharpen, to hone ((the edge of) a knife or the like)

Etymology

From Middle Low German slipen, from Proto-West Germanic *slīpan (“to grind, whet, sharpen”).

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