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() v. 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 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). 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. スポンサード リンク
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