Meaning of DIBBLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'dibul
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- [n] a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs
- [v] make a hole with a dibble or as if with a dibble; "dibble the ground"
- [v] plant with a dibble
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| | See Also: | | dig, dig out, hand tool, plant, set | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
\Dib"ble\, v. t.
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.
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| | Definition: | | A hand tool used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds, bulbs, or small seedlings. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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