▪ I. dawk, n. dial.
(dɔːk)
[app. the same as dalk2.]
A hollow in a surface; a depression, furrow, incision.
| 1703 Moxon Mech. Exerc. 66 This Iron..would not make Gutters on the Surface of the Stuff, but (at the most) little hollow dawks. Ibid. 82 The Iron of the Fore-plane..makes great Dawks in the Stuff..The Iron..will yet leave some Dawks in the Stuff for the Jointer..to work out. |
Hence dawk v., to make a hollow or incision in.
| 1703 Moxon Mech. Exerc. 203 The Chissel..might run too fast into the Work, and dawk it. 1847–78 Halliwell, Dauk, to incise with a jerk, or insert a pointed weapon with rapidity. |
▪ II. dawk
var. of dāk, dauk.