A cogged contrivance in machinery by which a rotatory motion is converted into a reciprocating motion.
·noun One who, or that which, wipes. II. Wiper ·noun Something used for wiping, as a towel or rag. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A handkerchief. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See rum clout. ...
A pickpocket, one who steals handkerchiefs. He drew a broad, narrow, cam, or specked wiper; he picke...
An application to the valve equipoise of a marine-engine: their journals or bearings lie in bushes, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book