EGAVE

delf

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
  2. noun A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile. Canting arms of Delves, in Devon: Argent, a chevron gules fretty or between three delves sable.
    two delves gules
  3. noun Alternative form of delft (“style of earthenware”).

Similar words

delta diplang dlpt diphe diploma dlab ldml ecdl diped fdle

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