Deliveries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Delivery \De*liv"er*y\, n.; pl. {Deliveries}.
     1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release;
        liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his
        dungeon.
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     2. 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.
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     3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a
        good delivery; a clear delivery.
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     4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or
        extraction of a fetus and its membranes.
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     5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.
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              Neater limbs and freer delivery.      --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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     6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher
        has a swift delivery.
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