Dillwater

1687, David Abercromby, Academia Scientarum, or, The Academy of Sciences, London: J. Taylor et al., Section 21, p. 124, The Vomitory, whether milder ones, as Sarabacca Leaves bruised in Dill Water, or stronger ones, as the Spirit of Tobacco […]

1805, Michael Underwood, A Treatise on the Diseases of Children, London: J. Callow, 5th edition, Volume 1, “Disorders arising from Constipation and Wind,” p. 56, If any flatulency should still remain […] a little dill-water, is a very safe and gentle carminative […]

[…] Sally was in good health and spirits […] and earnestly desirous of “doing her best for the child she had nursed when pap and dillwater was its daily bread.”

Dill-water—all the suff’ring babes yowling for it.

“I’ll have to go before very long. Jennifer’s teething, and been crying for two bloody days. I told Mary I was sorry I’d got to go on board today, but I’d be back by five.” Dwight smiled. “Left her to hold the baby.” Peter nodded. “I got her a garden rake and a bottle of dillwater. But I must be back by five.”