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Dally \Dal"ly\, v. t.
To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
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Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. --Knolles.
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Dally \Dal"ly\ (d[a^]l"l[y^]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dallied}
(d[a^]l"l[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dallying}.] [OE. dalien,
dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen,
to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or
AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]
1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in
idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to
tarry; to trifle.
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We have trifled too long already; it is madness to
dally any longer. --Calamy.
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We have put off God, and dallied with his grace.
--Barrow.
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2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the
opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
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Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. --Shak.
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Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. --Shak.
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