Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIP
DIP, n.
Inclination downward; a sloping; a direction below a horizontal line; depression; as, the dip of the needle. The dip of a stratum, in geology, is its greatest inclination to the horizon, or that on a line perpendicular to its direction or course; called also the pitch. – Cyc.
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