Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An improper spelling of
delf , delf.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Hydraul. Engin.) The drain on the land side of a sea embankment.
- noun Delftware.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
delftware crockery
Etymologies
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Examples
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That might keep her from throwing delph. 4 As I was saying, while retorting thanks, you make me a reborn of the cards.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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He spied a ragid Cockney and a donkey selling delph
Pat Molloy 1997
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These Drews soon after gave up the farm; one died, the other I saw two years afterwards, the part-proprietor of a glass and delph shop in
Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 Robert B. Booth
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If a delph-glazed moon with its O so delicate pattern pans over Holland, flat as
Unmanned Stephen Oliver
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It is broad enough to accommodate two carts at least, and has been used when the stone has been carted away from the delph at its eastern end.
Recollections of Old Liverpool A Nonagenarian
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In addition to its maritime trade and ship-building, the population is chiefly engaged in manufactures of steel, glass, delph, majolica, and in the quarrying of lignite and marble.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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"Nay; he reckons to worch i'th delph wi 'me, neaw."
Th' Barrel Organ Edwin Waugh 1853
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He now sells common varieties including delph blue, pink pearl, white Carnegie hyacinths and City of Haarlem yellow hyacinths for around 40p a bulb.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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He now sells common varieties including delph blue, pink pearl, white Carnegie hyacinths and City of Haarlem yellow hyacinths for around 40p a bulb.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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He now sells common varieties including delph blue, pink pearl, white Carnegie hyacinths and City of Haarlem yellow hyacinths for around 40p a bulb.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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