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Definition of Dibbling
1. dibble [v] - See also: dibble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dibbling
Literary usage of Dibbling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1864)
"DIBBLE AND dibbling. The common garden dibble is an implement too well known to
require any ... By dibbling, a considerable saving of seed is effected. ..."
2. European Agriculture and Rural Economy: From personal observation by Henry Colman (1851)
"Drilling is sowing the wheat in rows, in continuous lines ; dibbling is planting
... But machines have been invented for dibbling as well as for drilling; ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1800)
"On dibbling Wheat. From Vol. ... will be worthy your patronage, viz. the dibbling
or dropping of Wheat, which, though prevailing in this part of the nation, ..."
4. Modern Agriculture: Or, The Present State of Husbandry in Great Britain by James Donaldson (1796)
"... ally dibbling, or fetting wheat and beans by the hand, ... On dibbling Wheat
and Beans. |II. ..."
5. Georgical Essays by Alexander Hunter (1804)
"On the dibbling Husbandry *. I CANNOT sufficiently expatiate on the excellence
and importance of the dibbling husbandry. It saves two pecks of seed per acre ..."
6. Happy Thoughts: Complete, Including "Happy Thoughts", "More Happy Thoughts by Francis Cowley Burnand (1891)
"I watch him dibbling. dibbling appears to consist in sitting still in a boat and
... A fish to be caught by dibbling must be a fool, as he has to come four ..."
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