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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DIPPIN, n. Also dipping.

1. A place in a river where pails, clothes, etc. are dipped, with steps leading down to it. Also dippen (Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems, etc., Gl.) and comb. dippin-place, id. (Ayr.⁴ 1928).wm.Sc. 1868 Laird of Logan 449:
Wiliam Litt lived “near or about,” as Paisley folks say, “the Dyster's Dipping,” and followed the profession from which the locality takes its name.Rnf. a.1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1876) 360:
Auld Rab had seen bonnie Ann Auchencloss Washin claes at the Marshall's Lane dippin.

2. A preparation of grease for softening and waterproofing leather (Sc. 1825 Jam.²); Eng. dubbing.

3. In pl “Melted butter or fat” (Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. (1922) 150; Ork.¹ 1940). Cf. Dip, n.Ork. 1929 J. T. S. Leask in Peace's Ork. Almanac 137:
Du sees am roastin' twa tattas i' da amers — am gan tae hae rossin tattas an' dippins for me twal 'oors.