dillot (dil)

An obsolete dialectal form of dole2. IMG:content-2650.jpg:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small] siduousne .-2. circumspection, vigilance. diligence2 (dil'i-jens; F. pron. de-le-zhons'), [= D. G. Dan. diligence Sw. diligens, F. diligence, a stage-coach (= Sp. Pg. diligencia It. diligenza ), a particular use of diligence, expedition, despatch, speed, speed, care: see diligencel. Hence by abbr. dilly.] A public stage-coach: usually with reference to France, but also applied to such stage-coaches elsewhere. If it were po ible to send me a line by the diligence to Brighton, how grateful I should be for such an indulgence! Mme . D'Arblay , Diary, I. 401. Milton . J. J. Dillen (1687-1747), a profe or of botany at Oxford.) A genus of plants, natural order Dil Flower of Dillenia speciosa. What you do, sir, do; don't stand dilly - dallying. Richardson, Pamela, I. 275.