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unˈdipped, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not dipped (in a liquid).
1648G. Daniel Eclog ii. 160 A Qvill soe low, soe yet vndipt, to cope with these well-mention'd worthyes. 1692Dryden Cleomenes iv. i, Like Achilles, Thou hadst a soft Egyptian heel undipt, And that has made thee mortal. 1868Geo. Eliot Sp. Gipsy 18 A fountain near,..Where timorous birds alight,..And fly away again with undipped beak. 1886Daily News 13 Oct. 3/4 They will during the dipping season guard the undipped sheep.
2. spec. Unbaptized.
1693(title), Semper idem:..Dedicated to undipt John [sc. Tillotson]. 1821Lamb Elia i. Valentine's Day, The consigner of undipt infants to eternal torments. 1880Ruskin Fathers have told us i. i. 28 That undipped people may be as good as dipped if their hearts are clean.
3. Of (the beams of) a headlight of a vehicle: not lowered.
1960Guardian 12 Sept. 2/3 One glaring, undipped..headlight. 1969‘A. Hall’ Striker Portfolio ix. 112 My undipped heads catching the Mercedes full across the screen. 1983Times 23 Dec. 3/6 Once the ignition is switched on the choice will be between dim-dip (dipped headlights with reduced light), full dip and undipped. |