dab
verb (used with object)
to pat or tap gently, as with something soft or moist.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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"I may trust you not to have dabbed in something artful that I'd never heard of?"
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)