wiped

The bride blushed, while Fernand, restless and uneasy, seemed to start at every fresh sound, and from time to time wiped away the large drops of perspiration that gathered on his brow.

At the same time her own tears fell thick and fast at the joy of meeting her old friend again, and these tears did not need to be wiped away.

As for the Lion, he wiped his eyes so often with the tip of his tail that it became quite wet, and he was obliged to go out into the courtyard and hold it in the sun till it dried.

Then the Tin Woodman wept for several minutes, and she watched the tears carefully and wiped them away with the towel.