DAB, v.t. 1. To strike gently with the hand; to slap; to box.2. To strike gently with some soft or moist substance; as, to dab a sore with lint.DAB, n. 1. A gentle blow with the hand.2. A small lump or mass of any thing soft or moist.3. Something moist or slimy thrown on one.4. In law language, an expert man.[See Dabster.]5. A small flat fish, of the genus Pleuronectes, of a dark brown color.
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