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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs;
[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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble. [1913 Webster] The clayey soil around it was dibbled thick at the time by the tiny hoofs of sheep. --H. Miller. [1913 Webster]
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"