English Explanatory Dictionary

dalk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pin; brooch; clasp.
noun
  1. A hollow or depression.
noun
  1. Initialism of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.

Word forms

dalk dalks delk

Etymology

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.

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