Dabble
Dabble (dab"b'l) , transitive verb
[Freq. of dab: compare OD. dabbelen.]
To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.
Bright hair dabbled in blood.
Dabble , intransitive verb
1.
To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.
Where the duck dabbles 'mid the rustling sedge.
2.
To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle.
Dabbling here and there with the text.
During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to dabble in politics.