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Alternative form of Delft (“style of earthenware”) examples
plural delfts
A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch. quotations examples
The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could […] keep them dry.
1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […]