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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for dibble:

1. WordNet® 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"

2. 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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3. 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]

4. 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]

5. 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

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