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• a variation of delft.

delf

American  

[delf] / dɛlf /

noun

delfs plural

1. British. in some dialects, a pit, trench, or ditch.

2. British. in Northern England, a small mine or quarry.

3. Heraldry. a device, conventionally in the form of a plain square, that represents a shovelful of turf. Compare billet.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• delfs
  plural

Example Sentences

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delf

Chorus: There's a platter of delf on his little book-shelf, And Pliny lived long ago.

From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred

He had heard a noise like the breaking of delf in the kitchen below, and he wondered if Bess had heard it too.

From The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 by Buckland, A. R. (Augustus Robert)

The service was entirely of blue and white delf china, and the quaint candelabra, of like material, were decorated with crimped paper candle shades repeating the same colors.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

"If ye stand there affrontin' our poor oul delf all night we won't haave aany tea at all!"

From My Lady of the Chimney Corner by Irvine, Alexander

With a little cry she descended, partly flying, partly falling, partly sliding flown the baluster—a whirl of superheated hair, swirling skirts, and wide, appealing eyes of delf blue.

From Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain by Lowell, Orson