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Webster 1913 Edition
Dipper
Dip′per
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A small grebe; the dabchick.
(b)
The buffel duck.
(c)
The water ouzel (
Cinolus aquaticus
) of Europe. (d)
The American dipper or ouzel (
Cinclus Mexicanus
). The Dipper
(Astron.)
, the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; – called also
Charles’s Wain
. See Ursa Major
, under Ursa
.Webster 1828 Edition
Dipper
DIPPER
,Noun.
1.
One that dips; he or that which dips.2.
A vessel used to dip water or other liquor; a ladle.