The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame.
Denham.
He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps.
Emerson.
Dive, n. 1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.
2. A place of low resort; a dispreputable bar or nightclub; a dingy hotel; a joint. [Slang]
The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city.
J. Hawthorne.
Dive"dap`per (?), n. [See Dive, Didapper.] (Zoöl.) A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick.
Di*vel" (?), v. t. [L. divellere; dit- = dis- + vellere to pluck.] To rend apart. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.