Definition of Daliance
Dal"li*ance (?), n. [From
Dally.] 1. The act of dallying, trifling,
or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.
Look thou be true, do not give dalliance
Too much the rein. Shak.
O, the dalliance and the wit,
The flattery and the strife! Tennyson.
2. Delay or procrastination.
Shak.
3. Entertaining discourse. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A trifling away of time - dawdling.
- Amorous toying - flirtation
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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