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Dilling

Dilling \Dil"ling\ (d[i^]l"l[i^]ng), n. A darling; a favorite. [Obs.]

Whilst the birds billing, Each one with his dilling.
--Drayton.

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dilling

n. (context obsolete English) A darling; a favourite. vb. (present participle of dill English)

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Dilling

Dilling may refer to:

  • Dilling people, an ethnic group of Sudan
  • Dilling language, language spoken by the Dilling people, part of the Nubian branch of the Nilo-Saharan family
  • Dalang, Sudan, a city in Sudan
  • Dilling, a village in Østfold, Norway

People with the surname Dilling include:

  • Walter James Dilling (1886–1950), Scottish pharmacologist
  • Elizabeth Dilling (1894–1966), American activist and writer in the 1930s and 1940s
  • Jim Dilling (born 1985), American high jumper

Usage examples of "dilling".

And at Dilling ham there would be the sun on the corn fields and the river tumbling to the cold sea and the call of the plovers.

Indeed, it sometimes seemed that the whole of the Town had made its way to Suffolk that summer, and four weeks later, when Nicholas and Lucille returned early from their wedding trip, Dilling ham Court really came to life.

She had seen the Dowager Countess shudder and cast her son a look of profound dislike, and Mrs Dit ton had no intention of finding her invitations to Dilling ham Court rescinded.

Lucille our best wishes and tell her that we shall be over to Dilling ham soon to see how she goes on!

The Dilling ham lake drained, by way of a small stream and a sluice gate, into the River De ben, and Polly slipped through the little gate and took the riverside path.

After the bright glare of the sun, the cool entrance hall at Dilling ham Court was blissfully shaded.

Chapter Nine QysQ roily was mortified when Lord Henry chose to escort his mother and sister to Dilling ham the following day.

Lady Laura March night was becoming a regular visitor to Dilling ham Court, where she and Polly would walk together in the gardens or set their easels up with some idyllic aspect before them, in the hope of capturing it in watercolours or charcoal.

Polly would have been astonished to learn that a lone visitor called at Dilling ham Court that night, long after she was abed.

When I suggested at Dilling ham that you should not encourage Laura in her feelings for Charles it was not because I disapproved of the connection, but only because I knew how it could split the family!

It was a country picture that she had drawn a few weeks previously, a study of the fields and woods about Dilling ham, but instead of her usual pastels she had used oil paints and the effect had been startling.

Henry suggested sending a messenger to Dilling ham, Fen church and Westwardine to explain that they were marooned for the night, and the Dit tons reluctantly agreed.

Only arrived at Dilling ham last night to find Cecil ia Sea- grave in receipt of a dashed odd message about the whereabouts of her family!

She had already decided that she would seek a private audience with her sister-in-law as soon as they reached Dilling ham Court.

Polly took no notice as the carriage lurched along the dark lanes from Wood bridge to Dilling ham.