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dalk

dalk noun: a pin; brooch; clasp.

Noun (1)

dalk (plural dalks)

  1. A pin; brooch; clasp.

Noun (2)

dalk (plural dalks)

  1. (archaic) A hollow or depression.
    • On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 120

Noun (3) capitalized: DALK

DALK (countable and uncountable, plural DALKs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.

Forms of dalk

pluraldalks
alternative formdelk
pluralDALKs

Origin of dalk

From Middle English dalke, dalk, from Old English dalc (“clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet”), from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“clasp, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- (“to stick; needle, pin”). Cognate with Icelandic dálkur (“cloak-pin”), Latin falx (“scythe”). Doublet of falx.

From Middle English dalke; perhaps a diminutive of dale, dell. In that case from Old English *daluc, from Proto-Germanic *dalukaz.

Questions about dalk

What does dalk mean?
Dalk means a pin; brooch; clasp.
What part of speech is dalk?
Dalk is a noun.
What is the plural of dalk?
The plural of dalk is dalks.

Words near dalk in the dictionary

  1. Dalio
  2. Dalipe
  3. Dalit
  4. Dalits
  5. Daliu
  6. dalk
  7. Dalke
  8. Dalkeith
  9. Dalkes
  10. Dalketh
  11. Dalkey

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