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Meanings of dibble in English

Catalan
plantador
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A wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs.

        plantador
        Usage of dibble in English
        1
        If you want to dibble dabble, so be it, but toe the line.
        Ebony
        2
        The dibble is a good instrument to use in dotting bulbs around the turf.
        The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
        3
        They're so small, they'll just dibble the snow!
        Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
        4
        And she took the dibble again and planted a leek, in her rage for work; while old Mme.
        Doctor Pascal
        5
        Another mode of propagation is to take cuttings at midsummer and dibble them into boxes of leaf soil and sand.
        Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers / Describing the Most...
        6
        They are like ducks, hatched and reared at some upland farm where there was not even a muddy pool to dibble in.
        A Shepherd's Life: Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs
        7
        I therefore warn every dibble user to be sure to crowd over the soil well, especially at the lower end of the hole.
        Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses
        8
        In spite of this warning, if anyone is hardy enough to use a dibble, let him choose the flat style, not the round one.
        Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses
        9
        Late in April or early in May dibble the seeds two inches deep, in rows two feet asunder and one foot apart in the rows.
        The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots / 16t...
        10
        Paul Dibble's model of his sculpture planned for the centre of Featherston.
        Radio NZ
        11
        In the end, Dibble had no choice but to unblock the road.
        Class of 88
        12
        Mr. Sheldon Dibble is a historian whose work was published in 1843.
        The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
        13
        Kershaw-Representatives ,R.D. Gaither, A. W. Kough, E. H. Dibble, all colored.
        The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
        14
        There they go, and Dibble turns head over heels in his excitement!
        His Big Opportunity
        15
        Mr Dibble said investors were still broadly optimistic about the economy.
        Radio NZ
        16
        Mr. Dibble, without more words, left the house and made for the store.
        A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. B...
        Translations for dibble
        Catalan
        plantador
        Dibble through the time