Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Delftware. See
ware . - noun Anything made by delving or digging; a mine, quarry, pit, ditch, channel, etc.
- noun A catch-water drain; in a sea-embankment, the drain on the landward side. Also improperly written delph.
- noun A bed of coal or of ironstone.
- noun In heraldry, a square supposed to represent a sod of turf used as a bearing. It is one of the so-called abatements of honor, and as such is modern and false heraldry. See
abatement , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
delftware . - noun obsolete A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mine ,quarry , pit dug;ditch - noun Alternative form of
delftware .Delftware
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an excavation; usually a quarry or mine
Etymologies
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Examples
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The fragments of pottery include specimens plainly not of Indian manufacture, such as fragments of porcelain, and that variety of glazed ware known as delf, and lastly, the neck of a glass bottle.
The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen
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Je resiste pour ne pas acheter un kid delf ani boy mais c dur mais je tiens et de toute facon je ne vois pas trop ce que j'en ferais!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008
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Blind Girl never knew that ugly shapes of delf and earthenware were on the board; that sorrow and faintheartedness were in the house; that
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At this minute, Mr. Gale entered from the front shop to show a customer some delf plates; and he did not see — but WE
Roundabout Papers 2006
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“The parishioners about here,” continued Mrs. Day, not looking at any living being, but snatching up the brown delf tea-things,
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If you were a slightly nervous Israeli soldier, would you wait until he was really close before seeing if he was going to delf-detonate?
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If you were a slightly nervous Israeli soldier, would you wait until he was really close before seeing if he was going to delf-detonate?
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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“Five nothings on five plates of delf” made her supper.
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The following morning, having drunk his coffee, Maurice pushed back the metal tray on which the delf-ware stood, and remained sitting idle with his hands before him.
Maurice Guest 2003
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‘Oh, no; the delf cups and saucers; — it will be twice as good in them;’ and as the handsome mistress of the mansion, sitting in the deal chair, loosened her cloak and untied her bonnet, she chatted away, to the edification of Margery and the amusement of both.
Wylder's Hand 2003
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