dipping vat (dipingvat)

The tank containing the slip or glazing-film in which pottery is dipped to give it a fine surface. dipping-wheel (dip'ing-hwel), n. A contri vance for catching fish, consisting of a wheel placed in a narrow race or fishway in a stream, and acting as a current-wheel. The blades of the wheel are formed of nets, in which fish ascending the stream are caught, and from which they are thrown out upon the bank by the revolution of the wheel. dip-pipe (dip'pip), п. A valve in a gas-main arranged so as to dip into water or tar, and thus form a seal; a seal-pipe.