dibble

dibble
dibbler, n.
/dib"euhl/, n., v., dibbled, dibbling.
n.
1. Also, dibber /dib"euhr/. a small, hand-held, pointed implement for making holes in soil for planting seedlings, bulbs, etc.
v.t.
2. to make a hole (in the ground) with or as if with a dibble.
3. to set (plants) in holes made with a dibble.
v.i.
4. to work with a dibble.
[1325-75; late ME, perh. akin to DIB]

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