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Webster 1913 Edition
Dip
Dip
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dipped
or Dipt
([GREEK]); p. pr. & vb. n.
Dipping
.] 1.
To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.
The priest shall
dip
his finger in the blood. Lev. iv. 6.
[Wat’ry fowl] now
dip
their pinions in the briny deep. Pope.
While the prime swallow
dips
his wing. Tennyson.
2.
To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.
Book of Common Prayer. Fuller.
3.
To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
[Poetic]
A cold shuddering dew
Dips
me all o'er. Milton.
4.
To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
He was . . .
dipt
in the rebellion of the Commons. Dryden.
5.
To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; – often with out;
as, to
dip
water from a boiler; to dip
out water.6.
To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
[Obs.]
Live on the use and never
dip
thy lands. Dryden.
Dipped candle
, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick in melted tallow.
– To dip snuff
, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth.
[Southern U. S.]
– To dip the colors
(Naut.)
, to lower the colors and return them to place; – a form of naval salute.
Dip
,Verb.
I.
1.
To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
The sun's rim
dips
; the stars rush out. Coleridge.
2.
To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.
Whoever
dips
too deep will find death in the pot. L'Estrange.
3.
To pierce; to penetrate; – followed by in or into.
When I
dipt
into the future. Tennyson.
4.
To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; – followed by in or into.
“Dipped into a multitude of books.” Macaulay.
5.
To incline downward from the plane of the horizon;
as, strata of rock
. dip
6.
To dip snuff.
[Southern U.S.]
Dip
,Noun.
1.
The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
“The dip of oars in unison.” Glover.
2.
Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
4.
A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.
[Local, U.S.]
Bartlett.
5.
A dipped candle.
[Colloq.]
Marryat.
Dip of the horizon
(Astron.)
, the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean.
– Dip of the needle
, or Magnetic dip
the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; – called also
– inclination
. Dip of a stratum
(Geol.)
, its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; – called also the
pitch
.Webster 1828 Edition
Dip
DIP
,Verb.
T.
1.
To plunge or immerse, for a moment or short time, in water or other liquid substance; to put into a fluid and withdraw.The priest shall dip his finger int he blood. Leviticus 4.
Let him dip his foot in oil. Deuteronomy 33.
One dip the pencil, and one string the lyre.
2.
To take with a ladle or other vessel by immersing it in a fluid, as to dip water from a boiler; often with out, as to dip out water.3.
To engage; to take concern; used intransitively, but the passive participle is used.He was a little dipt in the rebellion of the commons.
4.
To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Little used.]5.
To moisten; to wet. [Unusual.]6.
To baptize by immersion.DIP
,Verb.
I.
1.
To sink; to emerge in a liquid.2.
To enter; to pierce.3.
To engage; to take a concern; as, to dip into the funds.4.
To enter slightly; to look cursorily, or here and there; as, to dip into a volume of history.5.
To choose by chance; to thrust and take.6.
To incline downward; as, the magnetic needle dips. [See Dipping.]DIP
,Noun.