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▪ I. dib, n.1 dial.
[A variant of dip n.: cf. dib v.1]
A dip; a small hollow in the ground.
1847–78Halliwell, Dib, a valley. North. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., Dib, a dip. 1876F. K. Robinson Whitby Gloss., Dib, a slight concavity on the ground's surface.
2. Comb. dibboard, the dip or inclination of a seam of coal. Northumbld. Gloss. 1892.
▪ II. dib, n.2
Generally in pl. dibs.
[Dibs, found in the 18th c., was prob. a familiar shortening of dibstones, mentioned by Locke. Prob. a deriv. of dib v.2: cf. the names dabbers, and (dial.) dabs, applied to a similar game, f. dab v.]
1. a. pl. A game played by children with pebbles or the knuckle-bones of sheep; also the name of the pebbles or bones so used; see astragal, check-stone1, cockal.
1730–6Bailey (folio), Dibbs, a play among children. 1810E. D. Clarke Trav. I. 177 This game is called ‘Dibbs’ by the English. 1867H. Kingsley Silcote of S. xiii, His dibbs and agate taws. 1888Berksh. Gloss., Dibs, a game played with the small knuckle bones taken from legs of mutton; these bones are themselves called dibs. 1890J. D. Robertson Gloucestersh. Gloss., Dibs, pebbles.
b. A children's word used to express a claim or option on some object (freq. int.); chiefly in phr. to get (etc.) dibs on (something), to have first claim to. Cf. bags I, dubs. U.S. colloq.
1932Amer. Speech VII. 401 Dibs, interj., an interjection giving option on first chance or place. ‘Dibs on that magazine when you're through.’ ‘Dibs on going with the team if there's room.’ 1943Amer. N. & Q. III. 139/1 If a sprout came out of the house with some candy or an apple and saw a couple of friends who might have an interest in his prize, the only sensible thing for him to do was to cry ‘No dibs!’ before they could say ‘I/We got dibs!’ 1953L. M. Uris Battle Cry iii. i. 197 Two bottles of beer were issued to all enlisted men{ddd}‘Dibs on your beer, Mary’. ‘Two lousy bottles, can they spare it?’ 1954E. Eager Half Magic iv. 69 You always get dibs on first 'cause you're the oldest. 1985New Yorker 29 Apr. 71/3 Patterson took care to remember..which upstream banks had dibs on which borrowers.
2. A counter used in playing at cards, etc. as a substitute for money.
3. pl. A slang term for money.
1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr., G. Barnwell, Make nunky surrender his dibs. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Dibbs, a galley term for ready money. 1868M. E. Braddon Run to Earth III. ix, ‘You are the individual what comes down with the dibbs.’ 1883Besant Garden Fair ii. iii, To make other beggars do the work and to pocket the dibs yourself.
4. = dibble. (In various Eng. dialects.)
1891Leicestersh. Gloss., Dib, Dibber or Dibble, a pointed instrument often made of a broken spade-handle, for making holes for seeds.
▪ III. dib, n.3
A local Sc. var. of dub, a puddle.
1821Galt Ann. of Parish 312 (Jam.) The dibs were full, the roads foul. 1821― Ayrsh. Legatees 100 (Jam.) He kens the loan from the crown of the causeway, as well as the duck does the midden from the adle dib.
▪ IV. dib, v.1 Obs. exc. dial.
[App. an onomatopœic modification of dip v., expressing the duller sound caused by broader contact. Cf. dib. n.1]
trans. = dip v.
c1325Metr. Hom. 121 Jesus..bad thaim dib thair cuppes alle, And ber tille bern best in halle. c1570Durham Deposit. (Surtees) 100 Dib the shirt in the water, and so hang it upon a hedge all that night. 1580Baret Alv. D 653 To Dibbe or dippe. 1617Minsheu Ductor, To Dibbe, vi. to Dippe. 1868Atkinson Cleveland Gloss., Dib, To dip.
▪ V. dib, v.2
[A derivative form from dab v.1, expressing an action of the same kind but weaker or lighter: cf. the forms sip, snip, tip, and the reduplicating element in bibble-babble, tittle-tattle, pit-pat, zig-zag, which expresses a weakened phase of the notion expressed by the radical.
Sense 3 is also expressed by dap, another derived form from dab, in which the consonant is lightened; also by dop. Here there may also be association with dip.]
1. trans. To dab lightly or finely: cf. dab v.1 2.
1609Ev. Woman in Hum. i. i. in Bullen O. Pl. IV, Mistris that face wants a fresh Glosse. Prethee, dib it in well, Bos.
2. intr. To tap or pat lightly: cf. dab v.1 1 d.
1869Blackmore Lorna D. x, It is a fine sight to behold..the way that they dib with their bills.
3. intr. To fish by letting the bait (usually a natural insect) dip and bob lightly on the water; = dap v. 1, dibble v.2 2.
1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. iv. §8 (1689) 37 Put one on the point of a Dub-fly Hook, and dib with it, or dib with the Ash-fly. 1827Mirror II. 118/1 It is customary to dib for them, or to use a fly. 1880Boy's own Bk. 265 House-crickets are also good, to dib with, for chub. Ibid. 277 The hawthorn-fly..is used to dib in a river for Trout.
4. To dibble.
Known in actual use only in mod. dial., but implied in dibber, dibbing-stick: see also dibble.
1891Evans Leicestersh. Gloss., Dib and Dibble vb., to use a ‘dibble’. Dibble is the commonest form, both of the sb. and v.
Hence ˈdibbing vbl. n.; ˈdibbing-stick, a dibble.
1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. xxxiii. §1 (1689) 174 Angling with a natural Fly (called dibbing, dapeing or dibbling). Ibid. §2. 174 Dibbing is always performed on the very surface..or permitting the Bait to sink for 2 inches. 1833Bowlker Angling 27 The natural flies best adapted for dibbing or bobbing at the bush. 1863H. C. Pennell Angler Nat. 154 A natural caterpillar, cockchafer, or grasshopper, used with a short line by dibbing over the bushes. 1886Chesh. Gloss., Dibbin-stick, a stick used for planting cabbages, etc. or making holes for sowing seed. |