Dipping
King James Dictionary [1]
Dipping, ppr.
1. Plunging or immersing into a liquid and speedily withdrawing, as to ascertain the temperature of water by dipping the finger int it baptizing by immersion. 2. Engaging or taking a concern in. 3. Looking into here and there examining in a cursory, slight or hasty manner. 4. Inclining downward, as the magnetic needle. 5. Breaking inclining as a vein of ore.
Dipping, n.
1. The act of plunging or immersing. 2. The act of inclining towards the earth inclination downwards as the dipping of the needle. 3. The interruption of a vein of ore, or stratum of a fossil, in a mine or a sloping downwards.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dip
(2): ( n.) The act or process of immersing.
(3): ( n.) The act of inclining downward.
(4): ( n.) The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff.
(5): ( n.) The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
(6): ( n.) The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
