"dillwater" meaning in English

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          "text": "1805, Michael Underwood, A Treatise on the Diseases of Children, London: J. Callow, 5th edition, Volume 1, “Disorders arising from Constipation and Wind,” p. 56,\nIf any flatulency should still remain […] a little dill-water, is a very safe and gentle carminative […]"
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          "text": "[…] Sally was in good health and spirits […] and earnestly desirous of “doing her best for the child she had nursed when pap and dillwater was its daily bread.”",
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          "ref": "1908, H. G. Wells, chapter 3, in Tono-Bungay, Toronto: Macmillan, page 76:",
          "text": "Dill-water—all the suff’ring babes yowling for it.",
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          "ref": "1957, Neville Shute, chapter 8, in On the Beach, New York: William Morrow:",
          "text": "“I’ll have to go before very long. Jennifer’s teething, and been crying for two bloody days. I told Mary I was sorry I’d got to go on board today, but I’d be back by five.”\nDwight smiled. “Left her to hold the baby.”\nPeter nodded. “I got her a garden rake and a bottle of dillwater. But I must be back by five.”",
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          "word": "gripe water"
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