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.
3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a
good delivery; a clear delivery.
4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or
extraction of a fetus and its membranes.
5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.
Neater limbs and freer delivery. --Sir H.
Wotton.
6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher
has a swift delivery.