Definitions
Aromatic herb with feathery leaves used as seasoning.
Word origin
From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); from Proto-Germanic *deliz, of uncertain, probably non-Indo-European origin, possibly a west European substrate.
Used in a sentence
“The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]”
“My mother would pickle them and dill them, and we still had an abundance of fresh vegetables left.”
“The noise of the Queen's voyage to France is dilled down ; no money for her furniture will be got in haste; and the Cardinal has no will of her mother.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Pickle seasoning herb”4 letters
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