Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
dark .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Dark.
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Examples
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Estre day, kyng Edward with hys oost lay aboughte Parys; whiche day was a foul derk day of myst and of hayl, and so bitter cold that manye men deyde for cold: wherfore unto this day manye men callen it the blake Moneday.
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Loved this eposide and So cant wait to see Next week eposide espically all of derk and merthith in this eposide!! it was an aswome eposide!!!!
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He was son of Lord Vere Beau - derk, third son of the first Duke.
Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical 1812
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Wilson, John 6r. lAnds to lb6 granted him, fVoodworthy John His compeftsafion for teYisng tlie lawF, derk hire, kc*
Laws of the State of New York State 1812
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Bill (on leave) rel. to salary of second derk in, 91; reported, 153,
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1785
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GiLLUM;, William, was a derk the character of an able and steady In the East India Company's ser - patriot; and indeed, on every oe -
Biographia dramatica, or, A companion to the playhouse: 1782
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For the salarj 'of the chief clerk in the insurance depart - chief derk. ment, two thousand dollars.
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Plural Iddrarn.] [Footnote 212: Or, Is derk ayeese?] [Footnote 213: This is applied to bread when baked in a pan, or over the embers of charcoal, or other fire; but when baked in an oven it is called Agarom (g guttural.)]
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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