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English Dictionary: Dawk by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dawk \Dawk\, n.
      A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber. --Moxon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dak \Dak\ (d[add]k or d[aum]k), n. [Hind. [dsdot][be]k.]
      Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt
      also {dawk}, and {dauk}. [India]
  
      {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.
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