Flype is a alternative form of flipe.
As a verb flipe
is to turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as when putting on or taking off a stocking.
As a noun flype is
a fold or flap, especially of the brim of a hat.
flipe
English
Verb
(
flip)
(Scotland, dated, transitive) To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as when putting on or taking off a stocking.
(
Webster 1913)
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flype
English
Alternative forms
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Noun
(
en noun)
A fold or flap, especially of the brim of a hat
(mathematics) A transformation of a knot involving a 180° rotation of a tangle