dill Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning
    Anethum graveolens.
  2. noun aromatic threadlike foliage of the dill plant used as seasoning
    dill weed.

WordNet

Dill noun
Etymology
AS dile; akin to D. dille, OHG. tilli, G. dill, dille, Sw. dill, Dan. dild.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) 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 dill-seed. now Anethum graveolens Dr. Prior.
Dill transitive verb
Etymology
OE. dillen, fr. dul dull, a.
Definitions
  1. To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. Obs.

Webster 1913