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Dibble v. t.

To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.

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."

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Etymology of 'Dibble'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dibble" Quotes from Famous Books

... pleasure-ground. I remember following him after a shower of rain, upon a nicely rolled terrace, in which he stumped a deep round hole at every other step he took, till it appeared as if the gardener had been there with his dibble, preparing, against all horticultural practice, to plant a long row of cabbages in a ...

— Books and Authors - Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches • Anonymous

... started up on end,[440] whereupon quoth he, 'Be this a fine mare's chest.' And on like wise he did with her back and belly and crupper and thighs and legs. Ultimately, nothing remaining to do but the tail, he pulled up his shirt and taking the dibble with which he planted men, he thrust it hastily into the furrow made therefor and said, 'And be this a ...

— The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio • Giovanni Boccaccio

Words linked to "Dibble" : dig out, plant, dig, hand tool, dibber