▪ I. † dalk1 Obs.
[OE. dalc, dolc, in ON. dálkr.]
A pin, brooch, clasp, buckle.
| c 1000 ælfric Josh. vii. 21 Ic ᵹeseah sumne gildenne dalc on fiftiᵹum entsum. c 1000 ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 152 Fibula, preon, uel oferfeng, uel dalc. a 1100 Anglo-Sax. Voc. ibid. 313/22 Spinther, dolc, oððe preon. 1483 Cath. Angl. 89 A Dalke (or a tache), firmaculum, firmatorium, monile. 1488 Will in Ripon Ch. Acts 286 Unum portiferium cum a dalk cum ymagine B. Mariæ. |
▪ II. † dalk2, delk Obs. exc. dial.
[? dim. of dale, dell: cf. E. Fris. dölke small hollow, dimple, dim. of döle excavation, hollow: see Kluge Nominale Stammbild. 29.]
A hole, hollow, depression.
| c 1325 Gloss. W. de Biblesw. in Wright Voc. 146 Au cool troveret la fosset, a dalk in the nekke. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 6447 For als a dalk es even Imydward Þe yholke of þe egge, when it es hard, Ryght swa es helle pitte..Ymyddes þe erthe. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 607 Or brason scrapes oute of everie dalke Hem scrape. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 112 Dalke, vallis. 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 85/1 The daulk..is..the Crown, top, or head of an apple, where the blossom is. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Delk, a small cavity, in the soil, in the flesh of the body, or in any surface which ought to be quite level. |
▪ III. dalk
in mining: see dauk.