dibbern.
/ˈdɪbə/, U.S. /ˈdɪbər/ 1. An instrument for dibbling; a dibble; especially, an implement having a series of dibbles or teeth for making a number of holes at once.
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1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms , Dibble I think they call it dibber in Kent.
1783 Trans. Soc. Arts 1 112 I..ploughed the land very deep, dressed the ground down, and planted with hand-dibbers.
1797 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Suffolk 48 A man..with a dibber of iron, the handle about three feet long, in each hand, strikes two rows of holes.
1847 Raynbird in Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 i. 215 By using a drop-drill, or a larger dibber for making the holes.
1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 548 Five cut sets [of hops] should be planted to make a hill, which should be put in with a dibber around the stick.
2. Mining. The pointed end of an iron bar used for making holes. U.S.
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1871 W. Morgans Man. Mining Tools 158 The pointed ends of bars are often slightly bent, to facilitate getting a pinch and levering in certain positions. The end is called a ‘dibber’, for making holes.
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