dipping vbl n See DIP v.
   Comb dipping time: period in March-April when young seals take to the water (1925 Dial Notes v, 329).
   1924 ENGLAND 97 As the hoods pup anywhere from the 10th to the 20th of March, or two to three weeks later than the harps, dipping time for them is later than for the harps.
   dipping tub: wooden container in which cod are immersed in water after being headed, gutted and split; WASHING VAT.
   T 178-65 Just as well for them to have a dippin' tub up there with a scullin' oar out through un as that thing there!

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