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† spelunk Obs.
Forms: 4–5 spelonk(e; 4–6 spelunc, spelunk(e, 6 speluncke.
[ad. L. spelunca or OF. spelonque, spelunque. Cf. MDu. spelonke, spelunke (Du. spelonk), MHG. and G. spelunke.]
A cave or cavern; a grotto.
13..S. Erkenwolde 49 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 267 Thre sperlis of þe spelunke..Was metely made of þe marbre. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 270 Monkes and mendynauntz men bi hem-selue, In spekes an in spelonkes selden speken togideres. 1382Wyclif Gen. xxiii. 9 Preye ȝe for me..that he ȝyue to me the dowble spelunk, or caue. a1400–50Alexander 5392 All spritis in þis spelonk here speke þai to-gedire. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour d ij b, Not hows of marchaundyse nor pytte or spelonke for theues. 1511Guylforde's Pilgr. (Camden) 24 Into the first of thyse two spelunkes entred the women. 1563Becon Reliques of Rome 53 b, Our recluses haue grates of yron in their spelunckes and dennes. |