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Definition of Delve
delve Delf Delf, n. [AS. delf a delving, digging. See Delve.]
A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [Written also delft,
and delve.] [Obs.]
The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins
or machines could . . . keep them dry. --Ray.
Delve Delve Delve, n. [See Delve, v. t., and cf. Delf a mine.]
A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.
Which to that shady delve him brought at last.
--Spenser.
The very tigers from their delves Look out. --Moore.
Delve Delve Delvev. t. [imp. & p. p. Delved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Delving.] [AS. delfan to dig; akin to OS. bidelban to bury,
D. delven to dig, MHG. telben, and possibly to E. dale. Cf.
Delf a mine.]
1. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.
Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor.
--Dryden.
2. To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.
I can not delve him to the root. --Shak.
Delve Delve Delve, v. i.
To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as
a drudge.
Delve may I not: I shame to beg. --Wyclif (Luke
xvi. 3).
