1.
[syn: dibble, dibber]
VERB (2)
1. plant with a wooden hand tool;
- Example: "dibble Spring bulbs"
2. make a hole with a wooden hand tool;
- Example: "dibble the ground"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dibble \Dib"ble\, n. [See Dibble, v. i.]
A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which
no set out plants or to plant seeds.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dibble \Dib"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dibbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dibbling.] [Freq. of Prov. E. dib, for dip to thrust in.
See Dip.]
To dib or dip frequently, as in angling. --Walton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dibble \Dib"ble\, v. t.
1. To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a
dibble, for planting.
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2. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.
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The clayey soil around it was dibbled thick at the
time by the tiny hoofs of sheep. --H. Miller.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dibble
n 1: a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes
in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs [syn: dibble,
dibber]
v 1: plant with a wooden hand tool; "dibble Spring bulbs"
2: make a hole with a wooden hand tool; "dibble the ground"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "dibble":
angle, bait the hook, bed, bob, broadcast, clam, dap, dib,
disseminate, drill, drive, fish, fly-fish, forest, gig, go fishing,
grig, guddle, implant, inseminate, jack, jacklight, jig, net,
plant, pot, put in, reforest, reset, retimber, scatter seed, seed,
seed down, seine, seminate, set, shrimp, sow, sow broadcast, spin,
still-fish, torch, transplant, trawl, troll, whale
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Dibble, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 289
Housing Units (2000): 120
Land area (2000): 2.659524 sq. miles (6.888136 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.659524 sq. miles (6.888136 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20650
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.040060 N, 97.639805 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dibble, OK
Dibble