delf
Americannoun
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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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"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
The tablecloth, to be sure, was not exactly white, but it had been washed last week, and the collection of the plates was miscellaneous, exhibiting several of the choicest patterns of delf.
From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various
That Indian furniture would look well in here, and the old delf.
From More About Peggy by Unknown
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)
And what did he carry away but straw and broken delf?
From The Green Helmet and Other Poems by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
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