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dipped, dipt, ppl. a.|dɪpt|
[f. dip v. + -ed1.]
1. a. Immersed (briefly or partially) in a liquid: see the verb. (In quots. 1646 and 1781, Baptized by immersion.)
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John 89 b, He..to whome I shall geue a dipte soppe. 1579Fulke Heskins's Parl. 309 We read not that Christ gaue dipped bread to others, except that disciple only. 1646R. Baillie Anabaptism (1647) 30 Churches of anabaptized and dipped Saints. 1781Cowper Charity 609 E'en the dipt and sprinkled live in peace. 1814Byron Corsair i. xvii, Flash'd the dipt oars. 1876Ruskin Fors Clav. vi. lxi. 2 All your comfort in such charity is..Christ's dipped sop.
b. Of candles: Made by dipping (see dip v. 3 b).
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Candle, Tallow Candles are of two kinds; the one dipped, the other moulded. Ibid., Making of dipped Candles. 1833H. Martineau Loom & Lugger i. ii. 17 That which curled magnificently from the dipped candles on either side.
c. transf. Extended or carried below a surface or level.
1925Penderel-Brodhurst & Layton Gloss. Eng. Furniture, Dropped or dipped seat, the seat of a chair having a concave upper surface between the two side rails. 1929Evening News 18 Nov. 10 A wonderfully flared skirt dipped at sides.
d. Of the beams of the headlights of a vehicle: lowered.
1937Sunday Times 10 Jan., Even in London, I always drive with my headlamps in the dipped position, except in extremely well-lighted thoroughfares. 1963Times 28 Feb. 4/5 Birmingham's campaign for dipped headlights has ‘sensationally’ cut night accidents and casualties in the city. 1969Guardian 23 June 7/5 In town traffic, dipped beams produce appreciable glare.
2. fig. Involved in debt; mortgaged (see dip v. 7 b). (colloq.)
1676Wycherley Pl. Dealer iii. i, Some young Wit, or Spendthrift, that has a good dip'd Seat and Estate in Middlesex. 1708Motteux Rabelais (1737) V. 214 Redeemers of dipt, mortgag'd, and bleeding Copy-holds. |