"by-wipe" meaning in English

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          "text": "[W]herefore that conceit of Legion with a by-wipe? was it becauſe you would have men take notice how you eſteeme them, whom through all your booke ſo bountifully you call your brethren?",
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        "A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm."
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