DILL, Sul Samuel, British educator: b. 26 Jan. 1844. He was educated at Queen's Col lege, Belfast, and at Lincoln College, Oxford, and in 1869 became lecturer at the latter. He was Fellow, dean and tutor of Corpus Christi College 1869-77, headmaster of the Manchester Grammar School 1877-88. After 1889 he was commissioner of intermediate education, Ireland, member of the Belfast University Commission and prochancellor of Queen's University. In 1913 he became chairman of the vice-regal com mittee onprimary education. He has published 'Roman Society in the last Century of the Western Empire) (1898; 3d ed., 1910) ; 'Ro man Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius' (2d ed., 1912), a standard work in its field.
DILI, (Aneihum graveolens), the common name for an aromatic plant of the carrot family (Umbelliferce). It is a native of Spain, but has been naturalized throughout the civilized world, where the climate is suitable for its growth It is a particular favorite with the German people, who use it to flavor cucumber pickles, and therefore try to raise it wherever they may be living. In England it is used for
the manufacture of gin, and to a small extent in medicine, as a carminative for children. An East Indian species is one of the ingredients in curry powder. It is a hardy biennial plant, growing upright. It has .a single slender stem and leaves finely divided orpinnatified. The flowers, which form an umbel, appear in June or July. The seed is of an oval form, convex on one side, flat on the other, having three stria on the outside, and surrounded with a small membranous border. Its taste is slightly acrid, and its odor stronger but less pleasant than that of fennel, to which it is closely allied. In America, where found out of gardens it is a fugitive from cultivation and is generally called fennel.