delft

  • 21delft — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Delft, Netherlands Date: 1723 1. tin glazed Dutch earthenware with blue and white or polychrome decoration 2. ceramic ware (as tiles) resembling or imitative of Dutch delft …

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  • 22Delft —    City in the province of Southern Holland on the Schie River, with about 96,000 inhabitants. Delft received its statute as an au tonomous community from Count William II (1227–1256) in 1246. Un til 1795, it was one of the voting towns in the… …

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  • 23Delft — Original name in latin Delft Name in other language Delft, Ntelpht, dai er fu te, derufuto shi, dlpt, Делфт State code NL Continent/City Europe/Amsterdam longitude 52.00667 latitude 4.35556 altitude 1 Population 95060 Date 2007 06 03 …

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  • 24delft — [[t]dɛlft[/t]] also delf [[t]dɛlf[/t]] n. 1) cer earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usu. in blue 2) cer any pottery resembling this Also called delft′ ware . Etymology: 1705–15; after Delft …

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  • 25delft — /dɛlft/ (say delft) noun 1. a kind of glazed earthenware decorated in colours, especially in blue, made at Delft, a town in the western Netherlands. 2. any pottery resembling this. Also, delf /dɛlf/ (say delf), delftware …

  • 26delft — Delf Delf (d[e^]lf), n. [AS. delf a delving, digging. See {Delve}.] A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [Written also {delft}, and {delve}.] [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could . . .… …

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  • 27delft — [dɛlft] noun English or Dutch tin glazed earthenware, typically decorated by hand in blue on a white background. Derivatives delftware noun Origin C17: from the name of the town of Delft in the Netherlands, where the pottery originated …

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  • 28Delft — Sp Dèlftas Ap Delft L Nyderlandai …

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  • 29Delft — Sp Dèlftas Ap Delft L Olandija …

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  • 30Delft — /dɛlft/ (say delft) noun a town in the western Netherlands, near The Hague …