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▪ I. † dalk1 Obs. [OE. dalc, dolc, in ON. dálkr.] A pin, brooch, clasp, buckle.
c1000ælfric Josh. vii. 21 Ic ᵹeseah sumne gildenne dalc on fiftiᵹum entsum. c1000ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 152 Fibula, preon, uel oferfeng, uel dalc. a1100Anglo-Sax. Voc. ibid. 313/22 Spinther, dolc, oððe preon. 1483Cath. Angl. 89 A Dalke (or a tache), firmaculum, firmatorium, monile. 1488Will in Ripon Ch. Acts 286 Unum portiferium cum a dalk cum ymagine B. Mariæ. ▪ II. † dalk2, delk Obs. exc. dial. [? dim. of dale, dell: cf. E. Fris. dölke small hollow, dimple, dim. of döle excavation, hollow: see Kluge Nominale Stammbild. 29.] A hole, hollow, depression.
c1325Gloss. W. de Biblesw. in Wright Voc. 146 Au cool troveret la fosset, a dalk in the nekke. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 6447 For als a dalk es even Imydward Þe yholke of þe egge, when it es hard, Ryght swa es helle pitte..Ymyddes þe erthe. c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 607 Or brason scrapes oute of everie dalke Hem scrape. c1440Promp. Parv. 112 Dalke, vallis. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 85/1 The daulk..is..the Crown, top, or head of an apple, where the blossom is. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Delk, a small cavity, in the soil, in the flesh of the body, or in any surface which ought to be quite level. ▪ III. dalk in mining: see dauk. |