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Definition of Dibber
1. Noun. A wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs.
Definition of Dibber
1. n. A dibble.
Definition of Dibber
1. Noun. a tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc. Also known as a dibble. ¹
2. Noun. one who dibs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dibber
1. a planting implement [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dibber
Literary usage of Dibber
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1842)
"Planting with the dibber we have already (392.) mentioned as suitable for seedlings
and very small plants. The soil ought to have been previously dug, ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"dibber.—Dibble. A setting-stick, usually made of the handle of a spade, cut to
a point and shod with iron.— Baker. ..."
3. An Account of the Life of that Celebrated Actress, Mrs. Susannah Maria (1887)
"... Maria dibber. THE maiden name of this accomplished actress, whose performances
in her own walk have seldom been equalled, and we believe never excelled, ..."
4. Manual of Gardening: A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Homemade padded dibber. plants; but if watering is necessary, ... In the
transplanting of young plants, some kind of a dibber should be used to make the ..."
5. The American Home Garden: Being Principles and Rules for the Culture of by Alexander Watson (1859)
"Implements of common Culture from Plow to dibber. IMPLEMENTS OF COMMON CULTURE.
ANXIOUS to restrict the size of this book, the author would willingly have ..."
6. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Dorset: With Observations by John Claridge, Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) (1793)
"... as the furrow flice is called, with a dibber of iron, the handle abont three
feet long, in each hand, ..."
7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Thomas Sergeant, Thomas M'Kean Pettit (1853)
"dibber, 2 QB 646 (ECL 11. vol. 42), 2 Gale & D. 36, and Austin v. The Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, 20 Law Journ., NS, ..."
8. The New Forestry, Or The Continental System Adapted to British Woodlands and by John Simpson (1900)
"Size and Age of Plants — Nursery Preparation.—The Wrong Way.—The Right Way.—Final
Transplanting.—Notch Planting.—Pit Planting.—dibber and Trowel Planting. ..."
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