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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delivery \De*liv"er*y\, n.; pl {Deliveries}. 1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as the delivery of a captive from his dungeon. 2. The act of delivering up or over surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing distribution; as the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters. 3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as a good delivery; a clear delivery. 4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes. 5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. Neater limbs and freer delivery. --Sir H. Wotton. 6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as the pitcher has a swift delivery.
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