Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dill

Dill (dil) , noun

[AS dile; akin to Dutch dille, Old High German tilli, German dill, dille, Swedish dill, Danish dild.]

(Botany) 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

Dill , transitive verb

[Old English dillen, from dul dull, a.]

To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. [Obsolete]