Bible Dictionaries
Delivery

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.

(2):

(n.) The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

(3):

(n.) The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.

(4):

(n.) The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.

(5):

(n.) The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.

(6):

(n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Delivery'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/delivery.html. 1828.