Dilly

[From DILIGENCE, q. v.] A kind of stage-coach. "The Derby dilly , carrying three insides."-Geo. Canning. Dilly-dally, v. n. To trifle; to play with; to loiter about the doing of anything. Dil'uent, a. [Lat. diluens , from diluo . See DILUTE.] Making liquid, or more fluid; attenuating; weakening the strength of, by mixing with water. "Every fluid is diluent as it contains water in it."-Arbuthnot. -n. That which dilutes, thins, or attenuates; that which makes more liquid, or weakens the strength of. (Med.) One of the medicaments employed to quench thirst, dilute and make thin the thickened blood, and cool the system preternaturally heated by fever or disease. Balm-tea, toast and water, barley-water, whey, lemonade, and such like articles, belong properly to the cla of diluents. Dilute', v . a. [Lat. diluo , dilutus -dis, and luo , to wash; akin to Gr. lũō , to loosen, unfasten, but hardly to louō , to wash.] To render liquid, or more liquid; to make thin, or more fluid; to attenuate by the admixture of other parts. "Drinking a large dose of diluted tea."-Locke. -To make weak, or weaker, as color, by mixture. "Lest these colors should be diluted ... by the admixture of any adventitious light."- Newton . -v. n. To become attenuated, weakened, or diluted. Dilut'ed, a . Thin; attenuated; reduced in strength; as, diluted spirits. Dilutedly, adv . In a diluted form. Dilut'edne , n. State of dilution, or attenuation. Dilut'er, n. He who, or that which, thins, dilutes, at- tenuates, or makes more liquid. "Water is the only diluter ."- Arbuthnot .