dawk

English

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.

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3. (transitive, UK dialectal) To dig up weeds.

Noun

dawk (plural dawks)

1. A hollow or crack in timber.

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Etymology 2

Noun

dawk (plural dawks)

1. Alternative form of dak

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dawk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Maltese

Determiner

dawk pl

1. plural of dak