Dip'per, n.

n. 1. One who, or that which, dips. 2. A vessel used to dip water or other liquor; a ladle. 3. (Ornith.) A small bird (Hydrobata aquatica), resembling the blackbird in form and plumage, and seeking its food by diving. Baird.

The Dipper (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper;— otherwise called Charles's Wain.