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davy

/ˈdeɪvi/

davy noun: an affidavit, a legally binding statement or oath.

Noun (1)

davy (plural davies)

  1. An affidavit, a legally binding statement or oath
    • Rather than testify in open court, each sailor posted a davy before sailing off.
    • "You and me should get on well, Hawkins, for I'll take my davy I should be rated ship's boy."1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

Noun (2)

davy (plural davys or davies)

  1. A Davy lamp, a type of safety lamp.
    • The miner knew the old davy was safer than any open flame, but far riskier than a modern flashlight.
    • He also developed the innovative davy lamp for use in coal mines.2009, Cutler J. Cleveland, Christopher G. Morris, editors, Dictionary of Energy: Expanded Edition, Elsevier, published 2009, page 124

Proper noun capitalized: Davy

Davy

  1. A diminutive of the male given name David.
    • Tell him, I'll knock his leek about his pate
      Upon Saint Davy's day.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from David.

Noun (3) capitalized: Davy

Davy (plural Davies or Davys)

  1. A Davy lamp.
    • […] the experience of more than one of the best-regulated collieries of the north of England, where a vast number of Davies are in daily use.1845, The Literary Gazette

davy meaning in Malayalam

davy in Malayalam

ഡാവി

Forms of davy

Noun
pluraldavies
pluraldavys
pluralDavies
pluralDavys
Proper noun
alternative formDavie

Origin of davy

Shortening.

Words formed from davy

Phrases with davy

Words that rhyme with davy

Questions about davy

What does davy mean?
Davy means an affidavit, a legally binding statement or oath.
What is davy in Malayalam?
Davy in Malayalam is ഡാവി. See Davy meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is davy?
Davy can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce davy?
Davy is pronounced /ˈdeɪvi/.
What is the plural of davy?
The plural of davy is davies.

Words near davy in the dictionary

  1. Davtyans
  2. davul
  3. davuls
  4. Davutoglu
  5. Davutoğlu
  6. davy
  7. Davy Crockett
  8. Davy Crockett cap
  9. Davy Crockett caps
  10. Davy Crockett hat
  11. Davy Crockett hats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: davy (page history and authors); Davy (page history and authors); davy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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