Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DABBLE, v.1 Found only as ppl.adj. dabbled, dabblet, bemused, distraught.Bnff.(D) [1847] A. Cumming Tales of the North (1896) 97:
Then up a gay sweetheart cam' toddlin' to meet her, Lang dabbled wi' love, that he thought her his ain.Bnff.2 1939:
Peer man! he's sair dabblet wi' a lazy wife an' half a score o' geets.
