dawk
A hollow or crack in timber.
Noun
- A hollow or crack in timber.
- THE DAWK was a slight concavity or depression in the body of the cast type , made by a corresponding convexity in the mould - 1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine...
Origin
Ultimately from Old English dalc (“pin”). More at dalk.
Forms
Noun government, politics
- A person who advocates neither an aggressive nor a conciliatory political attitude (especially in foreign policy).
- In the analysis that follows, I shall explore the foreign policy views of three distinct factions within the Chinese elite: “hawks, doves, and dawks.” In my view, the “dawks,” “centrists,” or more precisely, Maoists,...
Origin
Blend of dove + hawk. Coined by American author Donald S. Zagoria in 1967 (see quotation).
Forms
Noun alt of, alternative
- Alternative form of dak (“Indian post system”).
- During the mutiny of 1857–58, when several young surgeons had arrived in India, whose services were urgently needed at the front, it is said that the Head of the Department to which they had reported themselves,...
Forms
Noun alt of, archaic
- Archaic form of dhak (“the tree Butea monosperma”).
Forms
Verb
- To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
- To cut or mark with an incision; gash.
- To dig up weeds.