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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dill \Dill\ (d[i^]l), 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 {dillseed}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dill \Dill\, v. t. [OE. dillen, fr dul dull, a.] To still to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. [Obs.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dill n 1: aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning [syn: {Anethum graveolens}] 2: aromatic threadlike foliage of the dill plant used as seasoning [syn: {dill weed}]
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