Dipper /(?)/

Dip·per

Dipper

n.
  1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
  2. A small grebe; the dabchick. (Zool.)

Phrases & Compounds

The Dipper
the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also Charles's Wain. See Ursa Major, under Ursa.