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"