'Dipping' definitions:

Definition of 'Dipping'

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  • Dip \Dip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dippedor Dipt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dipping.] [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d?pan to baptize, OS. d?pian, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. d["o]pa, Goth. daupjan, Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl? hollow, and to E. dive. Cf. Deep, Dive.]
  • 1. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again. [1913 Webster]
  • The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. --Lev. iv. 6. [1913 Webster]
  • [Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny deep. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • While the prime swallow dips his wing. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. --Book of Common Prayer. Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
  • A cold shuddering dew Dips me all o'er. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair. [1913 Webster]
  • He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Live on the use and never dip thy lands. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dipping'

From: GCIDE
  • Dipping \Dip"ping\, n.
  • 1. The act or process of immersing. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of inclining downward. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • Dipping needle, a magnetic needle suspended at its center of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or inclination. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'dipping'

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