Dawk

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dak \Dak\ (d[add]k or d[aum]k), n. [Hind. [dsdot][=a]k.]
     Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt
     also {dawk}, and {dauk}. [India]
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     {Dak boat}, a mail boat. --Percy Smith.


  
     {Dak bungalow}, a traveler's rest-house at the end of a dak
        stage.
  
     {To travel by dak}, to travel by relays of palanquins or
        other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dawk \Dawk\, n.
     A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber. --Moxon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dawk \Dawk\ (d[add]k), n.
     See {Dak}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dawk \Dawk\, v. t. [Prov. E. dauk to cut or pierce with a jerk;
     cf. OE. dalk a dimple. Cf. Ir. tolch, tollachd, tolladh, a
     hole, crevice, toll to bore, pierce, W. tyllu.]
     To cut or mark with an incision; to gash. --Moxon.
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