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To put into or under a fluid and withdraw again; lower and then raise, as a flag.

To lift up and out, as liquor with a ladle.

To plunge partly or momentarily; engage slightly; with in or into.

To incline downward, as a compass needle; lie at an angle with the horizon, as strata.

The act of dipping; a plunge; bath; dipping up; depression.

Inclination, as of strata, etc.

A candle made by dipping.