Hypertext Webster Gateway: "delf"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Delf \Delf\, n. [AS. delf a delving, digging. See {Delve}.]
A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [Written also {delft},
and {delve}.] [Obs.]
The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins
or machines could . . . keep them dry. --Ray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Delf \Delf\, n.
Same as {Delftware}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
delf
n : (British colloquialism) an excavation; usually a quarry or
mine
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