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Dalk vs Halk - What's the difference?

dalk | halk |

As nouns the difference between dalk and halk

is that dalk is a pin; brooch; clasp or dalk can be a hollow or depression while halk is (obsolete) a nook; a corner.

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.

    • halk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A nook; a corner.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913) ----