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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIP, v.t. pret. and pp. dipped or dipt. [G.]
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. Deutoronomy 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, v.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, n. Inclination downward; a sloping; a direction below a horizontal line; depression; as the dip of the needle. The dip of a stratum, in geology, is its greatest inclination to the horizon, or that on a line perpendicular to its direction or course; called also the pitch.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road"
2: (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon [syn: dip, angle of dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination, inclination]
3: a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places [syn: pickpocket, cutpurse, dip]
4: tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
5: a brief immersion
6: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall" [syn: drop, dip, fall, free fall]
7: a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
8: a brief swim in water [syn: dip, plunge]
9: a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms v
1: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" [syn: dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse]
2: dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce" [syn: dunk, dip]
3: go down momentarily; "Prices dipped"
4: stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
5: take a small amount from; "I had to dip into my savings to buy him this present"
6: switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam [syn: dim, dip]
7: lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"
8: appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" [syn: dip, sink]
9: slope downwards; "Our property dips towards the river"
10: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: dip, douse, duck]
11: place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
12: immerse in a disinfectant solution; "dip the sheep"
13: plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container; "He dipped into his pocket"
14: scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface; "dip water out of a container"

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation dual in-line package; dual in-line packaging

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (dipped; dipping) Etymology: Middle English dippen, from Old English dyppan; akin to Old High German tupfen to wash, Lithuanian dubus deep Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to plunge or immerse momentarily or partially under the surface (as of a liquid) so as to moisten, cool, or coat <dip candles> b. to thrust in a way to suggest immersion c. to immerse (as a sheep or dog) in an antiseptic or parasiticidal solution 2. a. to lift a portion of by reaching below the surface with something shaped to hold liquid ; ladle b. to take a portion of (snuff) 3. a. archaic involve b. mortgage 4. a. to lower and then raise again <dip a flag in salute> b. chiefly British dim 2 intransitive verb 1. a. to plunge into a liquid and quickly emerge b. to immerse something into a processing liquid or finishing material 2. a. to suddenly drop down or out of sight b. of an airplane to drop suddenly before climbing c. to decline or decrease moderately and usually temporarily <prices dipped> d. to lower the body momentarily especially as part of an athletic or dancing motion 3. a. to withdraw a part of the contents of something by or as if by reaching down inside it — used with into <dipped into his pocket for change> <dipped into the family's savings> 4. to examine or read something casually or superficially — used with into <dip into a book> 5. to incline downward from the plane of the horizon • dippable adjective II. noun Date: 1599 1. an act of dipping; especially a brief plunge into the water for sport or exercise <a quick dip in the pool> 2. inclination downward: a. pitch b. a sharp downward course ; drop <a dip in popularity> c. the angle that a stratum or similar geological feature makes with a horizontal plane 3. the angle formed with the horizon by a magnetic needle free to rotate in the vertical plane 4. hollow, depression <a dip in the road> 5. something obtained by or used in dipping <a dip of ice cream> <a dip of snuff> 6. a. a sauce or soft mixture into which food may be dipped <bean dip> b. a liquid preparation for the dipping of something; especially an insecticide or parasiticide for the dipping of animals <a sheep dip> 7. slang pickpocket III. noun Etymology: back-formation from dippy Date: 1932 a stupid or unsophisticated person IV. abbreviation diploma

U.S. Military Dictionary

(*) In naval mine warfare, the amount by which a moored mine is carried beneath its set depth by a current or tidal stream acting on the mine casing and mooring.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Computing a form of integrated circuit consisting of a small plastic or ceramic slab with two parallel rows of pins. Phrases and idioms: DIP-switch an arrangement of switches on a printer for selecting a printing mode. Etymology: abbr. of dual in-line package

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. (dipped, dipping) 1 tr. put or let down briefly into liquid etc.; immerse. 2 intr. a go below a surface or level (the sun dipped below the horizon). b (of a level of income, activity, etc.) decline slightly, esp. briefly (profits dipped in May). 3 intr. extend downwards; take or have a downward slope (the road dips after the bend). 4 intr. go under water and emerge quickly. 5 intr. (foll. by into) a read briefly from (a book etc.). b take a cursory interest in (a subject). 6 (foll. by into) a intr. put a hand, ladle, etc., into a container to take something out. b tr. put (a hand etc.) into a container to do this. c intr. spend from or make use of one's resources (dipped into our savings). 7 tr. & intr. lower or be lowered, esp. in salute. 8 tr. Brit. lower the beam of (a vehicle's headlights) to reduce dazzle. 9 tr. colour (a fabric) by immersing it in dye. 10 tr. wash (sheep) by immersion in a vermin-killing liquid. 11 tr. make (a candle) by immersing a wick briefly in hot tallow. 12 tr. baptize by immersion. 13 tr. (often foll. by up, out of) remove or scoop up (liquid, grain, etc., or something from liquid). --n. 1 an act of dipping or being dipped. 2 a liquid into which something is dipped. 3 a brief bathe in the sea, river, etc. 4 a brief downward slope, followed by an upward one, in a road etc. 5 a sauce or dressing into which food is dipped before eating. 6 a depression in the skyline. 7 Astron. & Surveying the apparent depression of the horizon from the line of observation, due to the curvature of the earth. 8 Physics the angle made with the horizontal at any point by the earth's magnetic field. 9 Geol. the angle a stratum makes with the horizon. 10 sl. a pickpocket. 11 a quantity dipped up. 12 a candle made by dipping. Phrases and idioms: dip-switch a switch for dipping a vehicle's headlight beams. Etymology: OE dyppan f. Gmc: rel. to DEEP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Magnetic Mag*net"ic, Magnetical Mag*net"ic*al, a. [L. magneticus: cf. F. magn['e]tique.] 1. Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle. 2. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian. 3. Capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals. 4. Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment. She that had all magnetic force alone. --Donne. 5. Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism. Magnetic amplitude, attraction, dip, induction, etc. See under Amplitude, Attraction, etc. Magnetic battery, a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with great power. Magnetic compensator, a contrivance connected with a ship's compass for compensating or neutralizing the effect of the iron of the ship upon the needle. Magnetic curves, curves indicating lines of magnetic force, as in the arrangement of iron filings between the poles of a powerful magnet. Magnetic elements. (a) (Chem. Physics) Those elements, as iron, nickel, cobalt, chromium, manganese, etc., which are capable or becoming magnetic. (b) (Physics) In respect to terrestrial magnetism, the declination, inclination, and intensity. (c) See under Element. Magnetic equator, the line around the equatorial parts of the earth at which there is no dip, the dipping needle being horizontal. Magnetic field, or Field of magnetic force, any space through which magnet exerts its influence. Magnetic fluid, the hypothetical fluid whose existence was formerly assumed in the explanations of the phenomena of magnetism. Magnetic iron, or Magnetic iron ore. (Min.) Same as Magnetite. Magnetic needle, a slender bar of steel, magnetized and suspended at its center on a sharp-pointed pivot, or by a delicate fiber, so that it may take freely the direction of the magnetic meridian. It constitutes the essential part of a compass, such as the mariner's and the surveyor's. Magnetic poles, the two points in the opposite polar regions of the earth at which the direction of the dipping needle is vertical. Magnetic pyrites. See Pyrrhotite. Magnetic storm (Terrestrial Physics), a disturbance of the earth's magnetic force characterized by great and sudden changes. Magnetic telegraph, a telegraph acting by means of a magnet. See Telegraph.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dip Dip, n. 1. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms. 2. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation, which is dipped out from incisions in the trees; as, virgin dip (the runnings of the first year), yellow dip (the runnings of subsequent years). 3. (A["e]ronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dip Dip, n. 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. 3. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. 4. 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's 1913 Dictionary

Dip Dip, v. 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.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dips, dipping, dipped) 1. If you dip something in a liquid, you put it into the liquid for a short time, so that only part of it is covered, and take it out again. Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water. VERB: V n into/in n • Dip is also a noun. One dip into the bottle should do an entire nail. N-COUNT 2. If you dip your hand into a container or dip into the container, you put your hand into it in order to take something out of it. She dipped a hand into the jar of sweets and pulled one out... Watch your fingers as you dip into the pot... Ask the children to guess what's in each container by dipping their hands in. VERB: V n into n, V into n, V n with in 3. If something dips, it makes a downward movement, usually quite quickly. Blake jumped in expertly; the boat dipped slightly under his weight... The sun dipped below the horizon. VERB: V, V prep • Dip is also a noun. I noticed little things, a dip of the head, a twitch in the shoulder. N-COUNT 4. If an area of land, a road, or a path dips, it goes down quite suddenly to a lower level. The road dipped and rose again. ...a path which suddenly dips down into a tunnel. VERB: V, V adv/prep • Dip is also a noun. Where the road makes a dip, turn right. N-COUNT 5. If the amount or level of something dips, it becomes smaller or lower, usually only for a short period of time. Unemployment dipped to 6.9 per cent last month... The president became more cautious as his popularity dipped. = fall VERB: V prep/adv, V • Dip is also a noun. ...the current dip in farm spending. N-COUNT: oft N in n 6. A dip is a thick creamy sauce. You dip pieces of raw vegetable or biscuits into the sauce and then eat them. Maybe we could just buy some dips. ...prawns with avocado dip. N-VAR 7. If you have or take a dip, you go for a quick swim in the sea, a river, or a swimming pool. She flicked through a romantic paperback between occasional dips in the pool. = swim N-COUNT 8. If you are driving a car and dip the headlights, you operate a switch that makes them shine downwards, so that they do not shine directly into the eyes of other drivers. (BRIT; in AM, use dim) He dipped his headlights as they came up behind a slow-moving van... This picture shows the view from a car using normal dipped lights. VERB: V n, V-ed 9. If you dip into a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously. ...a chance to dip into a wide selection of books on Tibetan Buddhism. VERB: V into n 10. If you dip into a sum of money that you had intended to save, you use some of it to buy something or pay for something. Just when she was ready to dip into her savings, Greg hastened to her rescue. VERB: V into n 11. to dip your toes: see toe see also lucky dip

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Priests when offering a sin offering were required to dip a finger into the blood of the sacrificed bullock and "to sprinkle of the blood seven times before Yahweh" (compare Le 4:6, et al.). See also the law referring to the cleansing of infected houses (Le 14:51) and the cleansing of a leper (Le 14:16). In all such cases "to dip" is "to moisten," "to besprinkle," "to dip in," the Hebrew Tabhal, or the Greek bapto. See also ASHER. In Ps 68:23 "dipping" is not translated from the Hebrew, but merely employed for a better understanding of the passage: "Thou mayest crush them, dipping thy foot in blood" (the King James Version "that thy foot may be dipped in the blood"). Re 19:13 is a very doubtful passage. the King James Version reads: "a vesture dipped in blood" (from bapto, "to dip"); the Revised Version (British and American) following another reading (either rhaino, or rhantizo, both "to sprinkle"), translates "a garment sprinkled with blood." the Revised Version, margin gives "dipped in." See also SOP.

A. L. Breslich

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Immerse, plunge, douse, souse. 2. Take out (with a ladle, cup, etc.), ladle. 3. Baptize by immersion. II. v. n. 1. Thrust a ladle (cup, etc., into a liquid). 2. Incline, tend downward. 3. Engage cursorily, enter slightly. 4. Dive, plunge, duck, pitch, immerse one's self.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To dip for a wig. Formerly, in Middle Row, Holborn, wigs of different sorts were, it is said, put into a close-stool box, into which, for three-pence, any one might dip, or thrust in his hand, and take out the first wig he laid hold of; if he was dissatisfied with his prize, he might, on paying three halfpence, return it and dip again.

Moby Thesaurus

acid bath, alveolation, alveolus, antrum, apply paint, armpit, ascend, asperge, attrition, bail, bank, baptism, baptize, basin, bath, bayberry candle, beat the drum, bedaub, bedizen, begild, besmear, bougie, bowl, brush on paint, bucket, burial, bury, calcimine, candle, cannon, cant, careen, cavity, christen, climb, coat, color, complexion, concave, concavity, corpse candle, cover, crab, crater, crypt, cup, curtailment, cut, cutpurse, cutting, dab, daub, decant, decline, declivity, decrease, decrement, deep-dye, deluge, depletion, depreciation, depression, derogation, descend, descent, detraction, diminution, dipping, dish, dish out, dish up, disparagement, distemper, diver, double-dye, douse, dousing, downgate, downgrade, downhill, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, draw, drop, drown, duck, ducking, dunk, dunking, dye, emblazon, enamel, engild, engulf, engulfment, exchange colors, extraction, face, fall, fall away, fall off, falling-off, falloff, farthing dip, fast-dye, feather, fingersmith, fishtail, fixing bath, flag, flag down, flash, float, flood, flow on, fold, follicle, fork, fresco, funnel chest, gild, give a signal, give the nod, glance, glaze, gloss, go down, go downhill, go uphill, grade, grain, hail, hail and speak, half-mast, hang, hanging, hock, hoist a banner, hole, hollow, hollow shell, hue, illuminate, imbue, immerge, immergence, immerse, immersion, impairment, impignorate, incline, ingrain, inundate, inundation, japan, keel, kick, lacquer, lacuna, lade, ladle, lay on color, lean, leer, lessening, light-fingered gentry, list, loop, make a sign, mercury bath, merge, mobsman, mortgage, nod, nose-dive, nudge, overwhelm, paint, parget, pickpocket, pigment, pit, pitch, pledge, plow, plunge, plunge in water, pocket, poke, pop, porpoise, pour, pour on, prime, pull out, pull up, punch bowl, push down, rain, raise a cry, rake, reduction, remission, retraction, retreat, retrenchment, rise, roll, rush candle, rushlight, sag, salute, scoop, set, shade, shadow, sheep dip, sheer, shell, shellac, shelve, shortening, shovel, shrinkage, sideslip, sidle, sign, signal, signalize, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, sinking, sinus, skew, skid, slant, slip, slop on paint, slope, slue, sluice, slump, smear, socket, sound an alarm, sound the trumpet, souse, sousing, spade, speak, spin, spiral, spoon, spout, sprinkle, stain, stipple, stoop, stunt, submerge, submergence, submerse, submersion, swag, swamp, sway, swell-mobsman, tallow candle, tallow dip, taper, tilt, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tip, tone, touch, trough, truncation, tumble, undercoat, undulate, unfurl a flag, uprise, varnish, veer, votary candle, vug, wash, wave, wave a flag, wave the hand, wax candle, whelm, whitewash, wink, wire, yaw