noun. Any of various flatfishes, especially the edible Limanda limanda of northeast Atlantic waters.

noun. A dab hand.

intransitive verb. To apply with short poking strokes.

intransitive verb. To cover lightly with or as if with a moist substance.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To rub or pat (something) lightly.

intransitive verb. To press (something) lightly against an object or surface.

intransitive verb. To remove or brush away with light strokes.

intransitive verb. To make light patting or stroking motions.

noun. A small amount.

noun. A quick light pat.

noun. An expert; a knowing or skilful man; a dabster.

Clever; skilled: as, a dab hand at a thing.

noun. A quick or sudden blow.

noun. A gentle blow or pat with the hand or some soft substance.

noun. A dig; a peck, as from the beak of a bird.

noun. A first or imperfect impression on the metal in making a die.

noun. A small lump or mass of something soft or moist; a small quantity: as, a dab of mortar; a dab of butter.

noun. A trifle; a slight, insignificant thing or person: in contempt.

noun. plural Refuse foots of sugar.

noun. A pinafore.

noun. The salt-water flounder or fluke, Limanda limanda.

To strike.

To strike gently with the hand; slap softly; pat.

To pat or tap gently with some soft or moist substance; specifically, in etching, china-painting, etc., to pat or rub gently with a dabber, so as to diffuse or spread evenly a groundwork of color, etc.; smear.

To strike with a pointed or sharp weapon; prick; stab.

To dibble.

To deceive.

In stone-working, to pick holes in with a pointed tool; fret.

To prick.

To peck, as birds.

To use a dabber.

To fall down loosely.

With a dab; without hesitation; vigorously.

noun. A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.

noun. A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.

intransitive verb. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.

intransitive verb. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.

noun. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.

noun. A small mass of anything soft or moist.

noun. One skilful or proficient, an expert, an adept.

noun. A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda； a flounder.

noun. A sand dab.

verb. To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.

verb. To apply a substance in this way.

noun. A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.

noun. A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.

noun. A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.

noun. Fingerprint.

adverb. With a dab, or sudden contact.

"But from about the seventeenth century until the 1930s, we were called dab hands."

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