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dill | basil |

As a noun dill

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As an acronym basil is

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dill

Noun

  • Anethum graveolens (the sole species of the genus ), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
  • A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring, also called a dill pickle.
  • (informal) a fool.
  • Synonyms

    * (herb) anet, dillseed, * (type of pickle) dill pickle

    Derived terms

    * dillseed * dillweed * garden dill * fragrant dill * kosher dill * pharmacy dill

    See also

    * ("dill" on Wikipedia) * (Anethum graveolens) * (Anethum graveolens) * cornichon * cucumber * gherkin * graveolens * pickled cucumber * pickle

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
  • To lull to sleep.
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    basil

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) basile, from .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A plant (Ocimum basilicum ).
  • The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
  • Any other species in the genus Ocimum .
  • Synonyms
    * (plant) albahaca, , sweet basil
    Derived terms
    * Asian basil * basil thyme * holy basil * Lao basil * lemon basil * sweet basil * Thai basil * wild basil

    Etymology 2

    Variant of bezel?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.
  • Verb

  • To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
  • (Moxon)
    Synonyms
    * bevel, sharpen

    Etymology 3

    Corrupted from (etyl) basan, (etyl) basane, (lena) basanium, from (etyl), properly "lining".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
  • Synonyms
    * basan, bazil (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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