dibble

from 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"
from 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.
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   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.
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from 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.
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from 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.
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from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Dibble, OK (town, FIPS 20650)
  Location: 35.03402 N, 97.62804 W
  Population (1990): 181 (68 housing units)
  Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from 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
from 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
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