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dipper
(encz) | dipper,lžíce n: Pino |
dipper
(encz) | dipper,naběračka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dipper
(gcide) | Dipper \Dip"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to
dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
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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).
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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.
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dipper
(wn) | dipper
n 1: a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
2: a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the
dipper's handle is Polaris [syn: Little Dipper, Dipper]
3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain,
Wain, Wagon]
4: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
plumage [syn: bufflehead, butterball, dipper,
Bucephela albeola]
5: small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-
flowing streams and feeds along the bottom [syn: {water
ouzel}, dipper] |
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big dipper
(encz) | big dipper,horská dráha n: PinoBig Dipper,Velký vůz n: [astr.] Pino |
dipper
(encz) | dipper,lžíce n: Pinodipper,naběračka n: Zdeněk Brož |
double dipper
(encz) | double dipper, n: |
faster than a minnow can swim a dipper
(encz) | faster than a minnow can swim a dipper, |
little dipper
(encz) | Little Dipper, |
Dippers
(gcide) | Dunker \Dun"ker\, prop. n. [G. tunken to dip.]
One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices
are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the
Quakers; -- called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers,
and, by themselves, Brethren, and German Baptists, and
they call their denomination the Church of the Brethren.
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Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but
after a few years the members emigrated to the United
States; they were opposed to military service and
taking legal oaths, and practiced trine immersion.
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Seventh-day Dunkers, a sect which separated from the
Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the
seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath.
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Scotch dipper
(gcide) | Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. Scottish.]
Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its
inhabitants; Scottish.
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Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom.
Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zool.), the bufflehead; --
called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott.
Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain.
Scotch nightingale (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Scotch pebble. See under pebble.
Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir.
Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Onopordon
acanthium}); -- so called from its being the national
emblem of the Scotch.
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The Dipper
(gcide) | Dipper \Dip"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to
dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
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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).
[1913 Webster]
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.
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big dipper
(wn) | Big Dipper
n 1: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa
Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, {Charles's
Wain}, Wain, Wagon]
2: elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp
curves and steep inclines) [syn: roller coaster, {big
dipper}, chute-the-chute] |
dipper
(wn) | dipper
n 1: a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
2: a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the
dipper's handle is Polaris [syn: Little Dipper, Dipper]
3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain,
Wain, Wagon]
4: small North American diving duck; males have bushy head
plumage [syn: bufflehead, butterball, dipper,
Bucephela albeola]
5: small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-
flowing streams and feeds along the bottom [syn: {water
ouzel}, dipper] |
dippers
(wn) | Dippers
n 1: a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of
German descent; opposed to military service and taking
legal oaths; practiced trine immersion [syn: {Church of the
Brethren}, Dunkers, Dippers] |
double dipper
(wn) | double dipper
n 1: someone who draws two incomes from the government (usually
by combining a salary and a pension) |
little dipper
(wn) | Little Dipper
n 1: a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the
dipper's handle is Polaris [syn: Little Dipper, Dipper] |
skinny-dipper
(wn) | skinny-dipper
n 1: a naked swimmer |
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