Crossword clues for dibble
dibble
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.
Dibble \Dib"ble\, v. t.
To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.
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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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"tool to make a hole in the soil (as to plant seeds)," mid-15c., probably from Middle English dibben (perhaps akin to dip) + instrumental suffix -le. The verb is from 1580s. Related: Dibbled; dibbling.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds. vb. 1 To make holes, or plant seeds, using a dibble. 2 To dib or dip frequently, as in angling. Etymology 2
n. (context slang English) The police.
WordNet
n. a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs [syn: dibber]
v. plant with a wooden hand tool; "dibble Spring bulbs"
make a hole with a wooden hand tool; "dibble the ground"
Gazetteer
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
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Wikipedia
Dibble is a surname that may refer to:
- Andy Dibble (born 1965), Welsh professional footballer
- Ansen Dibell (1942–2006), American science fiction author
- C. W. Dibble, football coach of University of Buffalo in 1897
- Charles E. Dibble (1909–2002), American anthropologist and linguist
- Clark B. Dibble, Michigan politician
- Dorne Dibble (born 1929), American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions
- Hamilton Dibble Jessup (1806–1892), doctor and political figure in Canada West
- Harold L. Dibble (born 1951), American Paleolithic archaeologist
- Rob Dibble (born 1964), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Samuel Dibble (1837–1913), Congressman from South Carolina
- Scott Dibble (singer-songwriter), Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
- D. Scott Dibble (born 1965), American politician from Minnesota
- Sheldon Dibble (1809–1845) American missionary to Hawaii
- Officer Charlie Dibble, a fictional character from the cartoon series Top Cat
Dibble may refer to:
- Dibble, a planting tool also known as a Dibber
- Dibble (name)
- Dibble, Oklahoma, a town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States
- Dibble Place, California, United States
- British Police, A Common nickname for members of the British Police Force
In Antarctica:
- Dibble Bluff, a rock bluff
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Dibble Glacier, a channel glacier
- Dibble Basin, an underwater basin
- Dibble Glacier Tongue
- Dibble Iceberg Tongue
- Dibble Peak
Usage examples of "dibble".
True to form, Jess Dibble had been by with the snow plow, and the walking was easier.
The people in the group turned and looked down over the edge of the porch to see Eddie Lee Dibble, with his mother, Jackie, laboring through the snow in his wake.
That was why the eldest Dibble boy, Luke, was now serving five years in the pen in Boise.
Jackie Dibble stood in the doorway, having seen the approaching headlights.
Luke, Erica knew, was the eldest Dibble son, now residing in the state penitentiary in Boise.
The three older Dibble boys were all bullies, thieves, and mischief-makers.
The big-screen TV in the living room turned up at the Dibble household shortly after a similar one had disappeared on its way to the county-run nursing home.
The Dibble boys acted like abused children, but they came to school in good clothing, warm coats and boots, always clean.
Eddie Lee Dibble chinned himself on the side of the table and glanced about.
Then she remembered that this was the afternoon that Eddie Lee Dibble was to show up for work.
He jerked his head up in time to see the Dibble boys standing in the door, startled expressions on their countenances.
Herb Schultz, and of Lena Lemm, Carl Nelson, and Jess Dibble across the road.
Jackie Dibble heard the conversations, or noticed the sudden silences when her presence became known, and shivered.
McMurtry were still alive, she would probably try to find a way to get that child out of the Dibble household.
Another mode of propagation is to take cuttings at midsummer and dibble them into boxes of leaf soil and sand.