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Dipt

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.

Wiktionary
dipt

vb. (context obsolete English) (en-past of: dip)

Wikipedia
DIPT (disambiguation)

DIPT can refer to:

  • Diisopropyltryptamine, a psychedelic hallucinogenic drug
  • Diisopropyl tartrate, a reagent for organic synthesis
  • Diploma of Teaching, an educational qualification

Usage examples of "dipt".

If thou hast dipt thy foot in the Brink, yet venture not over Rubicon.

At his side, in a sheath of chimera-skin, he wore a needle-sharp knife that had been dipt in the mortal poison of winged vipers.

Vollies of shot pierce through thy charmed skin, And every bullet dipt in poison'd drugs!