Vocabulary : Delation to Delayment
Delation : Conveyance. ;; Accusation by an informer.Delator : An accuser; an informer.
Delaware : An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor.
Delawares : A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.
Delay : A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. ;; To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. ;; To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. ;; To allay; to temper. ;; To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.