Dibble

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds.

   “Pol[ixenes] Then make you[r] Garden rich in Gilly'vors, / And do not call them baſtards. / Per[dita] Ile not put / The Dible in earth, to ſet one ſlip of them: […]”

2. fiil To make holes or plant seeds using, or as if using, a dibble.

   “It was Digory who had the bright idea of eating four each and planting the ninth; for, as he said, "if the bar off the lamp-post turned into a little light-tree, why shouldn’t this turn into a toffee-tree?" So they dibbled a small hole in the turf and buried the piece of toffee.”

3. fiil To use a dibble; to make holes in the soil.

   “I would as soon be gored by my ain bull that gangs on Dalmakittenleys, as have ill luck, and sorrow, and mischance, drilled and dibbled into my frail body by the spiteful een of an auld hag.”

4. fiil To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.

   “And neere to them ye see the lesser dibling Teale”

5. isim A police officer, especially one serving with Greater Manchester Police.
6. isim Preceded by the: the police.

   “Watch out, lads! Here comes the dibble!”

7. özel isim A surname originating as a patronymic.