Dally, 1) to trifle, to wanton, to play: “to sport and dance, to toy, to wanton, d., smile and jest,” Ven. 106. Lucr. 554. Err. I, 2, 59. Tw. II, 4, 48. H4A V, 3, 57. R3 II, 1, 12. Hml. III, 2, 257. V, 2, 308. Followed by with: “grief --ied with nor law nor limit knows,” Lucr. 1120. LLL V, 1, 109. Tw. III, 1, 16. Tw. III, 1, 16 R3 I, 3, 265. III, 7, 74. “d. not with the gods,” Shr. IV, 4, 68 (== take not their name in vain). cf. “that high All-seer that I --ied with hath turned my feigned prayer on my head,” R3 V, 1, 20.
2) to delay, to tarry: “come, d. not, be gone,” H6A IV, 5, 11. “if thou shouldst d. half an hour,” Lr. III, 6, 100.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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