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English
Etymology
From dill + water.
Noun
dillwater (uncountable)
- A liquid produced by infusing dillseed in water (generally used medicinally, particularly to treat colic or flatulence in infants).
- 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
1864, Mark Lemon, chapter 1, in Loved at Last, volume 3, London: Bradbury & Evans, page 14:[…] 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.”
1908, H. G. Wells, chapter 3, in Tono-Bungay, Toronto: Macmillan, page 76:Dill-water—all the suff’ring babes yowling for it.
1957, Neville Shute, chapter 8, in On the Beach, New York: William Morrow:“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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