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Definition of Delves

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).

Meaning of Delves from wikipedia

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