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Dill   /dɪl/   Listen
noun
Dill  n.  (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 dillseed.



verb
Dill  v. t.  To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Dill" Quotes from Famous Books



... the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times herein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." JAMES DILL, Clerk of ...
— Tales for Fifteen: or, Imagination and Heart • James Fenimore Cooper

... comic supplementary hero rarely endures for a decade: but nevertheless the shadow did fall upon his morning optimism, and he derived no pleasure whatever from the artificial rollickings of a degraded creature called Old Pop Dill-Pickle who ...
— Piccadilly Jim • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

... aches horribly. I think I'll rush off for a gallop on Impulse before dinner. Miss Dill, Cicely's nails are a sight—I suppose that comes ...
— The Fruit of the Tree • Edith Wharton

... flowers of liver colour, bright canary yellow, pink orchids on spikes thickly covered all round, and of three inches in length; spiderworts of fine blue or yellow or even pink. Different coloured asclepedials; beautiful yellow and red umbelliferous flowering plants; dill and wild parsnips; pretty flowery aloes, yellow and red, in one whorl of blossoms; peas, and many other flowering plants which I do not know. Very few birds or any kind of game. The people are Babisa, who have fled from the west and are busy catching fish ...
— The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 • David Livingstone

... for Dill before, but never with the present sense of responsibility, born of his new connection with the family. He knew that his only chance of getting him home ...
— A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill • Alice Hegan Rice


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