Whilst the birds billing,
Each one with his dilling.
Drayton.
Dil*lu"ing (dl*l"ng), n. (Min.) A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve. [Written also deluing.]
Dil"ly (dl"l), n. [Contr. fr. diligence.] A kind of stagecoach. "The Derby dilly." J. H. Frere.
Dil"ly-dal`ly (?), v. i. [See Dally.] To loiter or trifle; to waste time.
Di*log"ic*al (?), a. Ambiguous; of double meaning. [Obs.] T. Adams.
Dil"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Dilogies (#). [L. dilogia, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; doubtful; di- = di`s- twice + &?; to speak.] (Rhet.) An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used an equivocal sense. [R.]
Di*lu"cid (?), a. [L. dilucidus, fr. dilucere to be light enough to distinguish objects apart. See Lucid.] Clear; lucid. [Obs.] Bacon. -- Di*lu"cid*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Di`lu*cid"i*ty (#), n. [Obs.]
Di*lu"ci*date (?), v. t. [L. dilucidatus, p. p. of dilucidare.] To elucidate. [Obs.] Boyle.
Di*lu`ci*da"tion (?), n. [L. dilucidatio.] The act of making clear. [Obs.] Boyle.
Dil"u*ent (?), a. [L. diluens, p. pr. diluere. See Dilute.] Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water. Arbuthnot.
Dil"u*ent, n. 1. That which dilutes.