dawkn.
/dɔːk/ dialect.
A hollow in a surface; a depression, furrow, incision.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface
hollowc897
printa1387
impression1398
puncha1430
dent1565
dint1590
dinge1611
doke1615
impressurea1616
depressure1626
depression1665
dawk1678
swage1680
indent1690
sinking1712
dunkle1788
indenture1793
delve1811
subsidation1838
indention1839
recess1839
indentation1847
incavation1852
deepening1859
sink1875
malleation1881
ding1922
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 77 The Iron of the Fore Plain..makes great Dawks in the stuff..: For the Iron..will yet leave some dawks in the Stuff for the Joynter..to work out.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 62 This Iron..would not make Gutters on the Surface of the Stuff, but (at the most) little hollow dawks.
Derivatives
dawk v. to make a hollow or incision in.
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1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xii. 212 The Chissel..might run too fast into the Work, and dawk it.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Dauk, to incise with a jerk, or insert a pointed weapon with rapidity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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