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Definition of Dipped
1. Adjective. Having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses).
Definition of Dipped
1. Verb. (past of ''dip'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dipped
1. dip [v] - See also: dip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipped
Literary usage of Dipped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. City Milk Supply by Horatio Newton Parker (1917)
"In 17 cities reporting, the dipped milk sold over the counter per day amounted to
... There are numerous objections to the sale of dipped milk. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"So Fag-water, water mixed with mercury (arsenic) and soft-soap, in which sheep
are dipped to kill the ticks. FAIRLY, adv.—Completely, actually. ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"To make an O, I dipped the splinter thrice In that thick mud; worse woe could
scarcely grind Spirits in hell debarred from Paradise ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"Temple seemed to regard this little outburst as such an ordinary event that he
dipped his pen into the ink-bottle, and was about to resume writing, ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"I at one end with a mouth-piece and wooden hand' is thickened and somewhat flared,
after the manner of a tnr This is dipped into the molten metal, ..."
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