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A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.] One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the therd is a dab at an index. Goldsmith.

A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhabb.

That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.

wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak.

One who dabbles.

In a dabbling manner.

A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.

A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica).

One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept. [Colloq.]

A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree. [R.] I. Watts.

The quality or condition of being accommodable. [R.] Todd.

Agreeing. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Addible.

That may be afforded.

Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error. -- A*mend"a*ble*ness, n.

Doubt; uncertainty. [Obs.] Shelford.

Capable of being ascended.

Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.

To dabble; to sprinkle or wet. Shak.