delf noun¹. [dɛlf] obsolete exc. dial. Also delph.
[Old English dælf, (ge)delf, formed as DELVE verb.]
1. An excavation; a pit, ditch, quarry, etc.; a drainage canal (in the fens). OE.

2. A cut turf, a sod. Scot. E16.

3. A spade-thrust. E17.

4. A bed of earth or a mineral that is or can be dug into. E17-E18.

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