Bible Dictionaries
Dipsy

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A sinker attached to a fishing line; also, a line having several branches, each with such a sinker, used in deep-sea fishing.

(2):

(n.) A deep-sea lead.

(3):

(a.) Deep-sea; as, a dipsey line; a dipsy lead.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dipsy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dipsy.html. 1828.