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(db"b'l), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Dabbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Dabbling (-b'lng).] [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.] To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak. Dab"ble v. i. 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. Wordsworth. 2. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. "Dabbling here and there with the text." Atterbury. During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp. スポンサード リンク
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