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▪ I. dauk Mining.|dɔːk| Also (Sc.) dalk, dawk, (north Eng.) dowk. [The earlier Sc. form was evidently dalk, but the north Eng. points to dolk: the etymology is obscure; cf. daugh.] See quots.
1795Statist. Acc. Stirlings. XV. 329 (Jam.) Below the coal, there is eighteen inches of a stuff, which the workmen term dalk. 1829T. Sopwith Mines Alston Moor 108 In Alston the contents of the unproductive parts of veins are chiefly described as dowk and rider. The former is a brown, friable, and soft soil. 1859–65Page Geol. Terms, Dauk or Dawk, a mining or quarry term for bands and beds of tough, compact, sandy clay. 1873Swaledale Gloss., Dowk, tenacious black clay in a lead vein. 1876Mid-Yorks, Gloss., Dowk, a mine-working of a stiff clayey nature. Nidderdale. ▪ II. dauk, daukin see dawk, dawkin. |