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delf

Pronunciation: /dɛlf/

“delf” is a Middle English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. A quarry (pit for digging stone or clay).
  2. A man-made channel or stream; a water-filled ditch.
  3. A hole or ditch; a delf.

Etymology

From Old English delf, from delfan (Middle English delven).

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