n. [ AS dile; akin to D. dille, OHG. tilli, G. dill, dille, Sw. dill, Dan. dild. ] (Bot.) An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; -- called also
v. t. [ OE. dillen, fr. dul dull, a. ] To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus
n. a natural family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems, including the genera
n. a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; it contains 69 families including
n. A darling; a favorite. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Whilst the birds billing,
Each one with his dilling. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Min.) A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve.
n. [ Contr. fr. diligence. ] A kind of stagecoach. “The Derby dilly.” J. H. Frere. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. something remarkable, highly unusual, or exceptionally effective;
v. i. [ See Dally. ] To loiter or trifle; to waste time. [ 1913 Webster ]