Dăb'ble1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. DABBLED; p. pr. & vb. n. DABBLING.] [Diminutive of dab; O. D. dabbelen.] To wet by little dips or strokes; to sprinkle; to spatter; to moisten. “Bright hair dabbled in blood.” Shak.
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Dabble
Dăb'ble2, v. i.
v. i. 1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.
Calm lakes . . .
Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge. Wordsworth.
Sense 2. To work in a slight or superficial manner; to touch here and there; to tamper; to meddle.
You have, I think, been dabbling with the text. Atterbury.