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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs;
[syn: dibble, dibber]


VERB (2)

1. plant with a wooden hand tool;
- Example: "dibble Spring bulbs"

2. make a hole with a wooden hand tool;
- Example: "dibble the ground"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dibble \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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dibble \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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dibble \Dib"ble\, v. t. 1. To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting. [1913 Webster] 2. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble. [1913 Webster] The clayey soil around it was dibbled thick at the time by the tiny hoofs of sheep. --H. Miller. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dibble n 1: a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs [syn: dibble, dibber] v 1: plant with a wooden hand tool; "dibble Spring bulbs" 2: make a hole with a wooden hand tool; "dibble the ground"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "dibble": 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
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Dibble, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma Population (2000): 289 Housing Units (2000): 120 Land area (2000): 2.659524 sq. miles (6.888136 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.659524 sq. miles (6.888136 sq. km) FIPS code: 20650 Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40 Location: 35.040060 N, 97.639805 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Dibble, OK Dibble