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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dibble .
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Examples
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And I even dibbled in it a little when I used to set things up with Sienna on the side.
’Til Death Miasha 2010
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Best way to has it is to let the reddish drippings congeal, skim off the fat and use the “jelly” which is spooned into a little hole dibbled into the top of a steaming lil volcano of grits. some peeps, i has heard, use coffee, but that is an abomination in my fambly.
Uncomfortable kitteh is.. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Once he used a big knife, tossed it down on the ground with a lot of fake blood and dibbled a trail to a hollow with some trees.
ccfinlay: "Pervert" is going to be translated into ccfinlay 2005
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If the field is free from weeds, the legume seed can be drilled or dibbled.
Chapter 9 1992
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- The dibbled spacing in rows is at approximately 1 m, greater for maize than for beans, which are spread out at a distance of 30 cm.
1. Overview 1991
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So they dibbled a small hole in the turf and buried the piece of toffee.
The Magician's Nephew Lewis, C. S. 1955
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A stock of young plants may soon be got up by division of strong roots after the flowering season; such pieces as have roots may be planted at once in their permanent quarters; the rootless parts should be dibbled into light sandy loam and shaded with branches for a week or two.
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I find, however, that it is much slower in increasing itself; the best way to propagate it is by cuttings dibbled into sand in early summer.
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It may be propagated by taking the slips nearest the earth, which will often be found to have a few rootlets, but if not they will still prove the more suitable; if taken in summer and dibbled into sand, they will make good roots in a week or two, when they may be transplanted to their permanent quarters, so as to become established before winter.
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To propagate this fine border plant, the very long and fleshy roots may be cut into pieces 6in. long and dibbled into fine soil; they are somewhat slow, but pretty sure to "go"; they should be protected from slugs, which are very fond of the young leaves.
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