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15 words match “DABB”

DABB n.
A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhabb.
DABBER n.
th which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.
DABBLE v. 3 definitions
wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak.
DABBLER n. 2 definitions
One who dabbles.
DABBLINGLY adv.
In a dabbling manner.
BEDABBLE v.
To dabble; to sprinkle or wet. Shak.
DAB v.
rike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber. A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. S. Sharp.
DAUBER n.
A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.
DELIBATE v.
To taste; to take a sip of; to dabble in. [Obs.]
MUDDLE v.
To dabble in mud. [Obs.] Swift.
PADDLE v.
To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc. As the men were paddling for their lives. L'Estrange. While paddling ducks the standing lake desire. Gay.
PLASH v.
To dabble in water; to splash. "Plashing among bedded pebbles." Keats. Far below him plashed the waters. Longfellow.
PLOUTER v.
To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]
POETASTER n.
An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. The talk of forgotten poetasters. Macaulay.
STATEMONGER n.
One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.