n. 1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. “The dip of oars in unison.” Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a hollow or depression in a surface, especially in the ground. [ PJC ]

4. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [ Local, U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A dipped candle. [ Colloq. ] Marryat. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

7. 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). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

8. (Aëronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

9. a liquid, in which objects are soaked by dipping; e.g., a parasiticide or insecticide solution into which animals are dipped (see sheep-dip). [ PJC ]

10. a sauce into which foods are dipped to enhance the flavor; e. g., an onion dip made from sour cream and dried onions, into which potato chips are dipped. [ PJC ]

11. a pickpocket. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dipped r Dipt (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Dipping. ] [ OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d&unr_;pan to baptize, OS. d&unr_;pian, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. döpa, Goth. daupjan, Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl&unr_; 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 ]

v. i. 1. To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into. [ 1913 Webster ]

When I dipt into the future. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To dip snuff. [ Southern U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. di- + paschal. ] Including two passovers. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Dabchick. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. di- + petalous. ] (Bot.) Having two petals; two-petaled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + phenyl. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C6H5.C6H5, obtained by leading benzene through a heated iron tube. It consists of two benzene or phenyl radicals united. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; leather (hence taken in the sense of membrane): cf. &unr_; to make soft, L. depsere to knead. ] (Med.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group.

{ } a. Relating to diphtheria; diphtheritic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) 1. Pertaining to, or connected with, diphtheria. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having characteristics resembling those of diphtheria; as, diphtheritic inflammation of the bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]