delft

See also Delft

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: [dɛɫft]

Etymology 1

After the Dutch city of Delft.

Noun

delft (uncountable)

1. A style of blue and white earthenware.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 39

     Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.

Etymology 2

Noun

delft (plural delfts)

1. A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.
   • Ray

     The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could […] keep them dry.

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Dutch

Verb

delft

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of delven
2. plural imperative of delven