Whalefishing. [f. LIPPER sb.3] trans. To wipe (the deck) with a lipper. Chiefly to lipper up, off.
1887. G. B. Goode, etc., Fisheries U.S., II. 287. The decks … are … ‘lippered up’ regularly while boiling, for the sake of cleanliness and economy as well. Ibid. Lippering up [see LIPPER sb.3].
1890. Century Dict., s.v., To lipper off the deck.
