Definition of dipping

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Dipping (n.) The act of inclining downward.

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Dip :: Dip (v. t.) 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..
Anticlinal :: Anticlinal (a.) Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal.
Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The act or process of immersing.
Infusion :: Infusion (v. t.) The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion.
Wincing :: Wincing (n.) The act of washing cloth, dipping it in dye, etc., with a wince..
Immersion :: Immersion (n.) The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx..
Salute :: Salute (v. t.) To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc..
Broach :: Broach (n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
Dowse :: Dowse (v. i.) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc..
Quaquaversal :: Quaquaversal (a.) Dipping toward all points of the compass round a center, as beds of lava round a crater..
Aclinic :: Aclinic (a.) Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator..
Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling..
Chain Pump :: Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine..
Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff.
Salute :: Salute (v.) A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc..
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats..
Stour :: Stoup (n.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup..
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water..
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