'Dawk' definitions:
Definition of 'Dawk'
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- Dawk \Dawk\, v. t. [Prov. E. dauk to cut or pierce with a jerk; cf. OE. dalk a dimple. Cf. Ir. tolch, tollachd, tolladh, a hole, crevice, toll to bore, pierce, W. tyllu.] To cut or mark with an incision; to gash. --Moxon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dawk'
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- Dawk \Dawk\, n. A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber. --Moxon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'dawk'
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- Dak \Dak\ (d[add]k or d[aum]k), n. [Hind. [dsdot][=a]k.] Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] [1913 Webster]
- Dak boat, a mail boat. --Percy Smith.
- Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the end of a dak stage.
- To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquins or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.