dibble

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A pointed gardening implement used to make holes in soil, especially for planting bulbs or seedlings.
2. v. To make holes in (soil) with a pointed implement.
3. v. To plant by means of a pointed implement.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A pointed tool, often merely a short, stout, pointed stick, used in gardening and agriculture to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs, setting out plants, etc.
2. To plant with a dibble, or to make holes in for planting seeds, etc.; make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.
3. To dip or let the bait fall gently into the water, as in angling.
4. n. A planting implement which carries the seed in the handle and drops it from the point by means of a slide, when inserted in the earth.
5. n. A pair of wheels drawn by a horse, and furnished with cogs which make holes for seed: used in cotton-planting.

Wiktionary

1. n. A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which to set out plants or to plant seeds. Also known as a dibber.
2. n. slang the police or one or more police officers (from the character of Officer Dibble in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Top Cat)
3. v. To make holes, or plant seeds, using a dibble.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.
2. v. To dib or dip frequently, as in angling.
3. v. To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.
4. v. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. make a hole with a wooden hand tool
2. n. a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs
3. v. plant with a wooden hand tool