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▪ I. dibbler|ˈdɪblə(r)|
[f. dibble v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who dibbles.
1770–4A. Hunter Georg. Ess. (1804) II. 356 One dibbler generally undertakes the business of one gang. 1797A. Young Agric. Suffolk 49 note, A one-horse roll to level the flag, or furrow, for the dibblers.
2. An agricultural implement used in dibbling; a machine dibble.
1847Illustr. Lond. News 24 July 58/1 For the best horse seed-dibbler, {pstlg}15. 1874Knight Dict. Mech. I. 699/1 Dibblers [figured]. 1884Athenæum 6 Dec. 736/2 Drills, seed planters and dibblers.
3. A species of opossum: see quot.
1850A. White Pop. Hist. Mammalia 166 The Antechinus apicalis of Mr. Gray, which is called the ‘Dibbler’ at King George's Sound. 1967Times 15 Nov. 7/8 An animal thought to have become extinct at some time in the past 83 years has come to light again in Western Australia—the rat-sized carnivorous marsupial popularly known as the dibbler. 1970Wildlife in Austral. Sept. 67/1 The re-discovery of..the dibbler, the noisy scrub-bird and the shortnecked tortoise.
▪ II. dibbler
dial. f. doubler, large plate. |