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1. ?dibble? (score: 1): Author: ARoman4047@aol.com; Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 10:29:22 EDT; ...friend of mine came across the word "dibble" in an auto-related reference. I said I "thought" a dibble was a garden tool for planting bulbs (Burpee not Lucas type). Any ideas? Tony in NJ W.A.S.T.; /html/british-cars/2000-08/msg00001.html (6,732 bytes)
2. Re: ?dibble? (score: 1): Author: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>; Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 11:08:10 -0400; If not a garden tool it could be ="little dibble here little dibble there, a little dibble everywhere, much better to "dibble" than "dabble". I think it makes a point hole/mark. "FT" an; /html/british-cars/2000-08/msg00002.html (7,195 bytes)
3. Re: ?dibble? (score: 1): Author: type79@ix.netcom.com; Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 10:38:11 -0400; I agree and my dictionary confirms that a dibble is a garden tool. In what context was dibble used in the auto-related reference? jack fishback; /html/british-cars/2000-08/msg00004.html (6,989 bytes)
4. Re: ?dibble? (score: 1): Author: tjhiggin@chris.iss.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins); Date: Tue, 1 Aug 00 9:57:13 CDT; The online dictionary http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm also lists dibble as a transitive verb with 2 meanings: 1. to plant with a dibble. 2. to make holes in (soil) with or as if with a dibble. -- T; /html/british-cars/2000-08/msg00005.html (7,489 bytes)
5. Re: ?dibble? (score: 1): Author: TATERRY@aol.com; Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 17:40:40 EDT; << the word "dibble" >> Gurunet.com gives the following: dib·ble (dib'?l) n. A pointed gardening implement used to make holes in soil, especially for planting bulbs or seedlings. v.tr., dib·bled, dib; /html/british-cars/2000-08/msg00011.html (7,121 bytes)
6. Re: ?dibble? (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 00:21:33 +0100; Yes, yes. The noun (tool) is a dibbER and I have a splendid specimen in my toolshed. If I'd had a penny for every hole its "dibbed" in its long life, I'd have been a tax-exile years ago. The verb ha; /html/british-cars/2000-08/msg00015.html (7,816 bytes)

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