Found 2 items, similar to Dill.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dill
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dill
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. --Dr. Prior.
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Dill
\Dill\, v. t. [OE. dillen, fr. dul dull, a.]
To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. [Obs.]
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