Dillwater
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dillwater is a noun meaning A liquid produced by infusing dillseed in water (generally used medicinally, particularly to treat colic or flatulence in infants).
Meaning
A liquid produced by infusing dillseed in water (generally used medicinally, particularly to treat colic or flatulence in infants).
Example Sentences
Dill-water—all the suff’ring babes yowling for it.
[…] Sally was in good health and spirits […] and earnestly desirous of “doing her best for the child she had nursed when pap and dillwater was its daily bread.”
1687, David Abercromby, Academia Scientarum, or, The Academy of Sciences, London: J. Taylor et al., Section 21, p. 124, The Vomitory, whether milder ones, as Sarabacca Leaves bruised in Dill Water, or stronger ones, as the Spirit of Tobacco […]
1805, Michael Underwood, A Treatise on the Diseases of Children, London: J. Callow, 5th edition, Volume 1, “Disorders arising from Constipation and Wind,” p. 56, If any flatulency should still remain […] a little dill-water, is a very safe and gentle carminative […]
Word Forms
- dill water
- dill-water
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dillseed, dillhole, dillisk, diluent, dilligrout, dilutant.
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