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   Dally (dălˈly̆), v. i.  [imp. & p. p. Dallied (dălˈlĭd); 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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   Dally, v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
   
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   Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. Knolles.
   
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