#DIBBLE DABBLE MEANING SERIES#

The dibble is a good instrument to use in dotting bulbs around the turf. There is much less danger of leaving a hole with the flat than with the round dibble, which is almost sure to leave a hole beneath the plant.Ĭulinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses M. Ideal containers for leucaena are the reusable polyurethane pots called dibble tubes (Figure 4-2), which are 2.5 cm in diameter and 15 cm in length. noun a wooden hand tool with a pointed end used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbsĭildo is first attested at the end of the 16th century in English, dibble about 150 years earlier.verb make a hole with a wooden hand tool.verb To make holes, or plant seeds, using a dibble.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.

#DIBBLE DABBLE MEANING SERIES#

noun slang the police or one or more police officers (from the character of Officer Dibble in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Top Cat).noun A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.intransitive verb To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.transitive verb To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.

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

noun A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.

noun A pair of wheels drawn by a horse, and furnished with cogs which make holes for seed: used in cotton-planting.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

noun A planting implement which carries the seed in the handle and drops it from the point by means of a slide, when inserted in the earth.

make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.

To plant with a dibble, or to make holes in for planting seeds, etc.

To dip or let the bait fall gently into the water, as in angling.

noun A pointed tool, often merely a short, stout, pointed stick, used in gardening and agriculture to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs, setting out plants, etc.

transitive verb To plant by means of a pointed implement.

transitive verb To make holes in (soil) with a pointed implement.

noun A pointed gardening implement used to make holes in soil, especially for planting bulbs or seedlings.

From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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