Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DIBBLED
Verb
dibbled
simple past tense and past participle of dibble
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DIBBLE
Dib"ble, n. Etym: [See Dibble, v. i.]
Definition: A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.
Dib"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dibbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dibbling.] Etym: [Freq. of Prov. E. dib, for dip to thrust in. See Dip.]
Definition: To dib or dip frequently, as in angling. Walton.
Dib"ble, v. t.
1. To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.
2. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble. The clayey soil around it was dibbled thick at the time by the tiny hoofs of sheep. H. Miller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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