(Probably the same as to dull.) To soothe. The word is used in the north of England.
I know what is in this medicine. It'll dill fevers, dry up sores, stop rheumatis, drive out rattle-snake's bite, kill worms, &c.--Margaret, p. 140.
·adj To <<Still>>; to <<Calm>>; to soothe, as one in pain. II. Dill ·noun An herb (Peucedanum grave...
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