Part 3077

<hw>Dib</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To dip.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Walton.</i>

<h1>Dib</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Dib</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A child's game, played with dib bones.</def>

<h1>Dibasic</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di*ba"sic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>basic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic atoms or radicals, in forming salts; bibasic; -- said of acids, as oxalic or sulphuric acids. Cf. <er>Diacid</er>, <er>Bibasic</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; In the case of certain acids <i>dibasic</i> and <i>divalent</i> are not synonymous; as, tartaric acid is <i>tetravalent</i> and <i>dibasic</i>, lactic acid is <i>divalent</i> but <i>monobasic</i>.</note>

<h1>Dibasicity</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di`ba*sic"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The property or condition of being dibasic.</def>

<h1>Dibber</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Dib"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dibble.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Dibble</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Dib"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dibble</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.</def>

<h1>Dibble</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Dib"ble</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dibbled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dibbling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Freq. of Prov. E. <ets>dib</ets>, for <ets>dip</ets> to thrust in. See <er>Dip</er>.]</ety> <def>To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.</def>

<i>Walton.</i>

<h1>Dibble</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Dib"ble</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.</def>

<blockquote>The clayey soil around it was <b>dibbled</b> thick at the time by the tiny hoofs of sheep. <i>H. Miller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dibbler</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Dib"bler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, dibbles, or makes holes in the ground for seed.</def>

<h1>Dibranchiata</h1> <Xpage=407>

<hw>Di*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ gills.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and squids. See <er>Cephalopoda</er>.</def>