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dalk.

A pin; brooch; clasp.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A pin; brooch; clasp.

Where this word comes from

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.

noun
  1. A hollow or depression.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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

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