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   Dabble (dăbˈb'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dabbled (dăbˈb'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Dabbling (dăbˈblĭng).] [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.] To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. “Bright hair dabbled in blood.”  Shak.
   
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   Dabble, v. i.
   1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.
   
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   Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. Wordsworth.
   
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   2. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. “Dabbling here and there with the text.”  Atterbury.
   
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   During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp.
   
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