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Delay. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

With delay; tardily.

Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.

A burden in popular songs. [Obs.] Delicate burthens of dildos and fadings. Shak.

A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve. [Written also deluing.]

Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian.

One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. Lyell.

Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. Buckland.

o the sizes usually in demand, or to special sizes as ordered. -- Dimension stone, stone delivered from the quarry rough, but brought to such sizes as are requisite for cutting to dimensions given.

To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.] Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. Piers Plowman.

A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley.

than through the action of a convention or body of elected nominating representatives or delegates. The term is applied both to the nomination of candidates without any nominating convention, and, loosely, to the nomination effected, as in the case of candidates for president or senator of the United States, by the el…

Straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately. "Will she go now to bed' Directly.'" Shak.

To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely. The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not discharge. Bacon.

ving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." De Quincey. The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt. A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle.

To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden.

Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. Spectator.

ood served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods." Shak. Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood.

Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.

visions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott.