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Webster 1913 Edition
Dill
Dill
(dĭl)
, Noun.
[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 dillseed
. Dr. Prior.
Dill
,Verb.
T.
[OE. ]
dillen
, fr. dul
dull, Adj.
To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Dill
DILL
,Noun.