GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Dipsey, Dipsie, Dipsy  (?), a. Deep-sea; as, “a dipsey line; a dipsy lead”. [Sailor's Cant]
   
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2.       
    Dipsey, Dipsie, Dipsy , n.
   1. A sinker attached to a fishing line; also, a line having several branches, each with such a sinker, used in deep-sea fishing. [Local, U. S.]
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
   
   
   2.  (Naut.) A deep-sea lead. [Rare]
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]