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Pronunciation : Dab
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Dab
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: A name given to several species of Pleuronectes . TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Dab
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.]
Definition : 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.

i. [imp. & p.p. Dabbed; p.pr.& vb.n. Dabbing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Dab
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913