delf¹ or delph /delf/ or delft /delft/

(in full Delftˈware) a kind of earthenware originally made at Delft, Holland

delf² or delph /delf/

1. A drain, ditch, excavation
2. A charge representing a square sod (heraldry)

delve /delv/

1. (with in or into) to dig (esp with a spade or the hands)
2. To search or rummage deep (with in)
3. To make deep research (figurative)
4. (of a path, road, etc) to dip, slope suddenly

A hollow, hole, depression, a cave

delvˈer noun

• brass tacks
• brassware
• brasswares
• brassy
• brast
• brat
• bratchet
• bratchets
• bratling
• bratlings
• brat pack
• brat-pack
• bratpack
• brat packer
• brat packers
• brat packs
• brats
• brattice
• brattice-cloth
• bratticed
• brattices
• bratticing
• bratticings
• brattier
• brattiest