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dale | dalk |

As an adverb dale

is farther (comparative of far).

As a noun dalk is

a pin; brooch; clasp or dalk can be a hollow or depression.

dale

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK) a valley in an otherwise hilly area.
  • * Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,'' - ''
  • A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
    • (Knight)
    (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * dell, dells * vale * valley

    Related terms

    * dollar

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    dalk

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) dalke, dalk, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pin; brooch; clasp

    • Etymology 2

    Perhaps a diminutive of (dale), (dell).

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hollow or depression.
  • *1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 120:
  • *:On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk , Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.