Dib'ber or Dib'ble1, n.
n. [See infra.] A pointed hand instrument, used in gardening and agriculture, to make holes for planting seeds, &c.
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Dibber
Dib'ble2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. DIBBLED; p. pr. & vb. n. DIBBLING.]
- To plant with a dibble; to make holes in with a dibble for planting seeds, &c. Dibble.
- 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.
Dĭb’ble3, v. i.
v. i. [A diminutive of Prov. Eng. dib, for dip, to thrust in, and allied to tip, a little sharp point.] To dib; to dip as in angling. See Dib.