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<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<cs><col>Dipping needle</col>, <cd>a magnetic needle suspended at its center of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or inclination.</cd></cs>

<h1>Diprismatic</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Di`pris*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Prefix <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>prismatic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Doubly prismatic.</def>

<h1>Dipropargyl</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Di`pro*par"gyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prefix <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>propargyl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A pungent, mobile, volatile liquid, <chform>C6H6</chform>, produced artificially from certain allyl derivatives. Though isomeric with benzine, it is very different in its chemical relations. Called also <altname>dipropinyl</altname>.</def>

<h1>Dipropyl</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Di*pro"pyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>propyl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of the hexane paraffins, found in petroleum, consisting of two propyl radicals. See <er>Hexane</er>.</def>

<h1>Diprotodon</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Di*pro"to*don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ first + <?/, <?/, tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large front teeth. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Dipsas</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip"sas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ thirst.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of harmless colubrine snakes.</def>

<h1>Dipsetic</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip*set"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Tending to produce thirst.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Dipsomania</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip`so*ma"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ thirst + <?/ mania.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.</def>

<h1>Dipsomaniac</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip`so*ma"ni*ac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.</def>

<h1>Dipsomaniacal</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip`so*ma*ni"a*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to dipsomania.</def>

<h1>Dipsosis</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dip*so"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ thirst.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Excessive thirst produced by disease.</def>