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So they dibbled a small hole in the turf and buried the piece of toffee.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

The cuttings should then be dibbled into the boxes in rows, just clear, the soil being gently pressed around each.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

By Thomas Moore  I'm a careless potato, and care not a pin      How into existence I came;  If they planted me drill-wise, or dibbled me in,      To me 'tis exactly the same.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

They are dibbled thickly into one of the ditches, and only enough water admitted to just cover the soil.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Now, it is doubtful if the whole region thus dibbled with this tree-crop yielded an average rental of one English shilling per acre as a pasturage for sheep. 

From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu