Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A foster-child.
- noun An obsolete preterit of
deal .
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Examples
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Jamieson suggests, from the Gaelic _dalt_, signifying _a foster-child_.
The Elect Lady George MacDonald 1864
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Celtic custom of fosterage the infant is intrusted to Sir Ector as his dalt, or foster-child, and Uther falls in battle.
Alfred Tennyson 1842
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The Celtic custom of fosterage is overlooked, and Merlin gives the child to Anton, not as the customary dalt, but to preserve the babe from danger.
Alfred Tennyson 1842
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Els tres Reis dalt dels camells duran plens els seus farcells.
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A Glasvegas, glasgowi skót bandának az azonos című, szeptemberben megjelent bemutatkozó albumáról mutatnánk be a "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry" című dalt - egyszerűen fantasztikus.
plastik media angelday 2008
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