- a variation of delft.
delf
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delfs
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British. in some dialects, a pit, trench, or ditch.
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British. in Northern England, a small mine or quarry.
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Heraldry. a device, conventionally in the form of a plain square, that represents a shovelful of turf. Compare billet.
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By-and-by, though, he cut himself some food, hesitated, and proceeded to cut some more, which he placed in a coarse delf plate.
From In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" by George Manville Fenn
With the two Welsh forms dylif and dylwch, deluge, we may perhaps connect the following, though for the former the Ang.-Sax. delfan, to dig, delf, a ditch, may also be suitable.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Over the fragments of a blue delf bowl Mrs. Brown sighed deeply.
From More William by Richmal Crompton
The kitchen tables were large, and white as milk; and the dresser rich in its shining array of delf and pewter.
From The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
That Indian furniture would look well in here, and the old delf.
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