2. Noun. (mathematics) A transformation of a knot involving a 180° rotation of a tangle ¹
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Definition of Flype
1. to strip back [v FLYPED, FLYPING, FLYPES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flype
Literary usage of Flype
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"... Ed.] flype, t. Supposed to denote' a sort of FLING. ... Fighting wi' hi» kail.
Jacobite Relia. L 24. [flype, ro V. FUFE. ..."
2. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"FLIPE, flype, to flay, to strip, to skin, to take off the bark. ... FLIPE, flype,
a thin piece, a piece of skin torn off. ..."
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