Dip"per (?), n.
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.
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