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dillwater

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A liquid produced by infusing dillseed in water (generally used medicinally, particularly to treat colic or flatulence in infants).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 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 [...]

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History

Etymology

From dill + water.