dillwater
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A liquid produced by infusing dillseed in water (generally used medicinally, particularly to treat colic or flatulence in infants).
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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 […]"
- "[…] 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.”"
- "Dill-water—all the suff’ring babes yowling for it."
- "“I’ll have to go before very long. Jennifer’s teething, and been crying for two bloody days. I told Mary I was sorry I’d got to go on board today, but I’d be back by five.” Dwight smiled. “Left her to hold the baby.” Peter nodded. “I got her a garden rake and a bottle of dillwater. But I must be back by five.”"
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Inflected Forms
dill water (alternative)
dill-water (alternative)