Dipping

Examples

• After the dipping they are subjected to a drying process and then boxed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The black kneeled beside the body and, dipping a corner of the cloth in the thoat oil, rubbed for a moment on the dead face before him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Emanuel is very exigeant, and because I looked at your coat-sleeve, instead of curtseying and dipping to himhe thinks I have failed in respect. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Machines for Assorting and Dipping, Drying and Boxing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Dipping and barreling. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Some prefer to coat them by dipping them in melted paraffine after they have been treated in this manner. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Together with these came match dipping and match box machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Connect some cells as shown in Figure 200 and close the circuit through a stout heavy copper wire, dipping a portion of the wire into fine iron filings. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The files, except those that are used for soft substances, are hardened by heating them to a cherry-red color and then dipping them in water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• No, Pablo said, dipping up another cup. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Duplicate records in any quantity may now be made from this mold by surrounding it with a cold-water jacket and dipping it in a molten wax-like material. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In the act of dipping forward as if I were going to bathe among the horses, I woke in a fright and took the question up again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• All which Mrs. Sparsit observed in her womanly way—like the Sultan who put his head in the pail of water—merely in dipping down and coming up again. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I hardly felt the vibrations of the engine, but at first the rising and dipping were hard to get used to. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• At first there is a sheer descent four or five inches in depth, but at that distance below the surface the tunnel turns aside before dipping straight down again to its termination. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• To dip one’s finger into this liquid air would freeze it solid in a second and would be as disastrous as dipping it in red-hot iron. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In operation the bucket is lowered and made to take a curving upward cut, thus dipping up the bottom material, which is discharged through the hinged bottom of the bucket. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Ordinarily it keeps its sail wet and in good sailing order by turning over and dipping it in the water for a moment. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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