Live on the use and never dip thy lands.
Dryden.
Dipped candle, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick in melted tallow. -- To dip snuff, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth. [Southern U. S.] -- To dip the colors (Naut.), to lower the colors and return them to place; -- a form of naval salute.
Dip, v. i. 1. To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out.
Coleridge.
2. To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.
Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot.
L'Estrange.