Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIP'PING, ppr.

1. Plunging or immersing into a liquid and speedily withdrawing; as, to ascertain the temperature of water by dipping the finger in 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.