To  Dip  Snuff.  A  mode  of  taking  tobacco,  practised  by  women  in  some
parts  of  the  United  States,  and  particularly  at  the  South,  may  be  thus
described :  A  little  pine  stick  or  bit  of  rattan  about  three  inches  long,
split  up  like  a  brush  at  one  end,  is  first  ~\vetted  and  then  dipped  into  snufi";
with  this  the  teeth  are  rubbed,  sometimes  by  the  hour  together.  Some
tie  the  snuff  in  a  little  bag,  and  chew  it.  These  filthy  practices,  which
originated  in  the  use  of  snuff  for  cleansing  the  teeth,  seem  to  be  rapidly
going  out  of  use,  at  least  at  the  North.
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122  DIP  — DIS

Dipper.  A  small  aquatic  bird,  common  tlirougliout  the  United  States;
also  called  the  Water- witch  and  Hell-diver.  {Horned  grebe.  Nuttall,
Ornith.)  —  Nat.  Hist,  of  New  Torh.
DiPSY.  A  term  applied,  in  some  parts  of  Pennsylvania,  to  the  float  of  a
fishing-line.
