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Dab (noun)

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A Dab. n.s. [from the verb.]

  1. A small lump of any thing.

  2. A blow with something moist or soft.

  3. Something moist or slimy thrown upon one.

  4. [In low language.] An artist; a man expert at something. This is not used in writing.

  5. A kind of small flat fish.

    Of flat fish there are rays, flowks, dabs, plaice. Carew.

Sources: Carew, Thomas (36)

Attributes: Noun Substantive (1269)

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