dab
மென்மையான அடி, இலேசான தட்டு, மென்மை அல்லது ஈரப்பசையுள்ள சிறு திரள், கட்டி, பஞ்சு ஒற்றுகை, கைக்குட்டையால் மெல்லிய துடைப்பு, (வினை) மெல்ல அடி, மெதுவாகத் தட்டு, கொஞ்சலாகக் கொத்து, இலேசாக ஒற்று.தட்டையான மீன்வகை.
Dab, n. Etym: [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.] 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. Dab, n. Etym: [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zoöl.) Defn: A name given to several species of Pleuronectes . TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides. Dab, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Dabbed; p.pr.& vb.n. Dabbing.] Etym: [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.] 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. Dab, 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. Dab, n. Etym: [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.] 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. Dab, n. Etym: [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zoöl.) Defn: A name given to several species of Pleuronectes . TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides. Dab, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Dabbed; p.pr.& vb.n. Dabbing.] Etym: [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.] 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. Dab, 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.