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Pronunciation : Dib"ble
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Dibble, v. i.]
Definition : Defn: A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Dib"ble
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Freq. of Prov. E. dib, for dip to thrust in. See Dip.]
Definition : Defn: To dib or dip frequently, as in angling. Walton.

i. [imp. & p. p. Dibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dibbling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Dib"ble
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.

2. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble. The clayey soil around it was dibbled thick at the time by the tiny hoofs of sheep. H. Miller.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913