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Dalf

Dalf \Dalf\, imp. of Delve. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Usage examples of "dalf".

Her favorite dalf came to her rescue, and you slew the beast with one of your strange weapons.

Then a huge black dalf burst into view, and charged at them with bared fangs.

JERRY and Junia stood in the little sunlit glade, Neem, the great black dalf, stood between them, gazing up at, first, one and then the other.

Instantly, Neem the dalf, who had been lying stretched near her, sprang up with a roar, and plunged straight for the Earthman.

But that there should ever have been two such Thaines, each with a black dalf named Neem, is passing strange.

Junia to remain quiet and keep the dalf with her, Jerry softly stepped upon the deck, and tiptoeing to the cabin door, crouched there, listening.

The corpulent, red-faced officer occupied a cushion across from them, and Neem, the black dalf, snoozed at their feet.

Then the big dalf, with a quickness that was surprising in a creature of such great bulk, leaped straight over the fallen Earthman, There was a muffled shriek, and a crunch of shattered bone.

Then Padrath fell to the deck with the dalf on top of him, his head crushed like an eggshell.

At this moment, Jerry, who had completely forgotten Neem the dalf, felt a wet muzzle pressed against his arm.

The Vil was clutching the collar of a great black dalf, who was growling thunderously and seemed anxious to leap forward to the aid of the Earthman.

Then he noticed that it had a tarnished, gold-plated collar around its neck, on which was the inscription: Neem, the dalf of Thaine Evidently, thought Jerry, this beast was half minded to be friendly.

He led the way up the path, with Junia and the dalf following closely behind.

CHAPTER XXI As JERRY and Junia stood in the little sunlit glade, Neem, the great black dalf, stood between them, gazing up at, first, one and then the other.

Rearing up, the dalf pressed on the latch with one huge paw, then shouldered the door open and went in.