1. Conveyance. [Obs. or Archaic] In delation of sounds, the inclosure of them preserveth them. Bacon.
2. (Law)
Defn: Accusation by an informer. Milman.
DELATOR
De*la"tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: An accuser; an informer. [R.] Howell.
DELAWARE
Del"a*ware, n. (Bot.)
Defn: An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor.
DELAWARES
Del"a*wares, n. pl.; sing. Delaware. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the
Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.
DELAY De*lay", n.; pl. Delays. Etym: [F. délai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See Tolerate, and cf. Differ, Delay, v.]