noun
Meaning 1
A pin; brooch; clasp.
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dalk
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noun
Meaning 2
A hollow or depression.
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Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 3
Initialism of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
Etymology
From Middle English dalke, dalk, from Old English dalc (“clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet”), from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“clasp, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhelg- (“to stick; needle, pin”). Cognate with Icelandic dálkur (“cloak-pin”), Latin falx (“scythe”). Doublet of falx.
From Middle English dalke; perhaps a diminutive of dale, dell. In that case from Old English *daluc, from Proto-Germanic *dalukaz.