A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1560-1650
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Dill, v. [ME. dyll (15th c.), related to dyll, dill, slow, dull.] tr. and intr. To assuage, lessen, or quieten (down).a1500 Henr. Rob. & Mak. 7.
My dule in dern bot gif thow dill, Doutles bot dreid I de 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 3584.
It is knawin out throw the haill countrie, To quhat greit schame he purposit to brocht me, Bot ȝe throw sleuth dillis doun & latis ouirdriue a1568 Bannatyne MS 248 b/31.
It war grit skill my dolour anis suld dill 1593 Warrender P. II. 172.
It aucht to be your command to dill downe ewill and wrangs 1641 Baillie I. 310.
The noise of the Queen's voyadge to France is dilled downe c1650 Spalding II. 202.
Bot this dillit doune quyetlie without more din