Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dabbling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dabble \Dab"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dabbling}.] [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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