dabblement

noun2

1. •
   The process or act of dabbling; A superficial investigation or participation.

   • But let us leave these dabblements in acoustics, and come on to a second waterfall, which is, to my mind, as beautiful as the first is magnificent. — 1840
2. •
   (no longer used) A somewhat wet concentration of mud, paint, water, gore, etc.

   • Already victor, whom on slippery ground, Drench'd with the blood of victims newly slain, He stumbled, luckless man; his footing lost, Prone on the turf amid the dabblement Of mud and gore he fell — 1861