different between dalk vs calk

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English dalke, dalk, from Old English dalc (“clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet”), from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“clasp, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?elg- (“to stick; needle, pin”). Cognate with Icelandic dálkur (“cloak-pin”), Latin falx (“scythe”). Doublet of falx.

Noun

dalk (plural dalks)

1. A pin; brooch; clasp

Etymology 2

From Middle English dalke; perhaps a diminutive of dale, dell. In that case from Old English *daluc, from Proto-Germanic *dalukaz.

Alternative forms

• delk

Noun

dalk (plural dalks)

1. (now rare) A hollow or depression.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 120:

     On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dadelijk, whence also the Afrikaans doublet dadelik (“immediately”). For a possible sense shift from “immediately” to “possibly” compare dialectal English drekly from directly. Note, however, that the Dutch adjective also used to mean “really, actually, indeed” (for which now daadwerkelijk, inderdaad); from this the Afrikaans sense can be derived simply through semantic weakening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dalk/

Adverb

dalk

1. perchance, perhaps, possibly

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English dalc, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz.

Noun

dalk

1. Alternative form of dalke (“brooch”)

Etymology 2

From Old English *daluc.

Noun

dalk

1. Alternative form of dalke (“depression”)

English

Etymology 1

Noun

calk (plural calks)

1. A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent it slipping.
2. A spike on the sole of a boot to prevent slipping, particularly used in logging

Translations

Verb

calk (third-person singular simple present calks, present participle calking, simple past and past participle calked)

1. (possibly dated) Alternative spelling of caulk
   • 1915 April 1, in Gas Age, volume 35, page 328:

     When a joint was calked, the bell piece was then separated,

2. To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin calc? (“I trample”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kælk/
• Rhymes: -ælk
• Homophones: calc, calque

Alternative forms

• calque

Verb

calk (third-person singular simple present calks, present participle calking, simple past and past participle calked)

1. To copy (a drawing) by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt stylus or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held.

Anagrams

• kcal, lack