What does delf mean?
Delf means (archaic, UK, dialectal) A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic, UK, dialectal) A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch..
two delves gules
Five nothings in five plates of delf
Suddenly a beautiful delf blue-and-white flower-pot, which had been set on the window-sill of an upper storey, fell to the ground with a crash, and the fragments spluttered up around my father's legs.
That's all—do what we do, but noblier done— / Use plate, whereas we eat our meals off delf, / (To use a figure).
Men can't munch from meatless pots and doughless delf.
Use delf when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Delf means (archaic, UK, dialectal) A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
two delves gules
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