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whipsy-derry Also whipsider(r)y, whipsey-derry. [app. connected with whip n. 15 and derrick n.] A contrivance for hoisting (esp. ore in shallow mines), consisting of a derrick with a ‘whip’ or simple pulley attached, and worked by a horse or horses. Also simply whipsy and whip and derry (whip n. 15)...
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▪ I. whip, n. (hwɪp) Forms: 4–6 wippe, quippe, 4–7 whippe, 5–6 wyppe, whyppe, whyp, Sc. quhippe, (4 quyppe, 5 whhipp, Sc. qwype, quhipe, 6 Sc. quhyp, quhipp, whupe), 5–7 Sc. quhip, 6–7 whipp, (9 Sc. whup), 5– whip. [Partly f. whip v., q.v.; partly a. (M)LG. wippe, wip quick movement, leap, moment of...
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