dawk

dawk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔːk

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Old English dalc (“pin”). More at dalk.

Verb

dawk (third-person singular simple present dawks, present participle dawking, simple past and past participle dawked)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
2. (transitive) To cut or mark with an incision; gash.
3. (transitive, UK dialectal) To dig up weeds.

Noun

dawk (plural dawks)

1. A hollow or crack in timber.
   • 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises

     THE DAWK was a slight concavity or depression in the body of the cast type , made by a corresponding convexity in the mould

Noun

dawk (plural dawks)

1. Alternative form of dak (“Indian post system”)

Noun

dawk (plural dawks)

1. Archaic form of dhak (“the tree Butea monosperma”).

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Maltese

Determiner

dawk

1. plural of dak