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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Stripe, v.1 [Late ME and e.m.E. strype (1471), strip- (1547); Strip(e n.2] intr. ? To form a stripe, or stripes. —1632 Lithgow Trav. i 40.
The breadth in the planure is narrow, but stripeth larger among the hills and lakes
