dilling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dill

plural dillings

1. obsoleteA darling or favourite.

   Whilst the birds billing, / Each one with his dilling.

   1630, Michael Drayton, The Muses' Elizium

   1 more example

   To make up the match with my eldest daughter, my wife's dilling, whom she longs to call madam.

   1605, George Chapman, Ben Jonson, John Marston, Eastward Hoe

2. obsoleteThe youngest child.

   Synonyms: baby

3. UKdialectalobsoleteThe runt of a litter.