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Dab
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.] One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the therd is a dab at an index. Goldsmith.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A name given to several species of Pleuronectes . TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. Astratch of her clame, a dab of her beack. Hawthorne.
2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber. A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. S. Sharp.
2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. "To dab him in the neck." Sir T. More.