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Dab"ble (dăb"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dabbled (dăb"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Dabbling (dăb"blĭng).] [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.
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Dab"ble, v. i. 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.
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Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. Wordsworth.
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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.
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During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp.
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