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Defalk \De*falk"\, v. t. [F. d['e]falquer. See Defalcate.]
To lop off; to abate. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context archaic English) To reduce by deduct a part, especially when used in a financial sense. 2 (context obsolete English) To cut off, to deduct, to subtract (especially expenses or a sum of money).
Usage examples of "defalk".
Lord Behlem of Neserea then marched into Defalk and took Falcor, but not before Lord Jecks rescued the heir, his grandson Lord Jimbob.
She almost died, but the lords of Defalk, especially Lord Jecks, rallied behind her.
Defalk, ruled by a woman for the first time in recorded history, and a Defalk that will take a decade or longer to recover from the drought and depredations of the Dark Ones and the Nesereans.
Regent of Defalk, Protector of the Heir, not to mention being Lady of Loiseau, and she had to worry about firewood.
Arkad has always supported the rightful rulers of Defalk, and certainly recognizes the legitimacy of the late and great Lord Barjim, and of his son Jimbob.
As we have expressed earlier, while Lord Jecks and other respected lords of Defalk have reluctantly endorsed the expediency of a prolonged Regency, as did we, our initial concerns about the continuity of such an arrangement remain, especially about the use of the liedgeld.
Liedfuhr will attack Defalk until matters in Neserea become more clear.
Ebra or Ranuak suggesting that the position of weapons smith to the Regency for the Lord of Defalk is open?
But you do not trust him, and you did not trust his father or your daughter, and Neserea flanks Defalk and Nordwei.
The white was the already melting slush from the first snow seen in Defalk in nearly a decade.
That would have been within her rights, especially in Defalk, but it would have freed Dencer to wed someone else and to cause even more trouble.
First, Lord Dencer would immediately start telling everyone how I killed his wife and heir, and how I was out to take over all Defalk by replacing all the old lords.
Like everything else in Defalk, the liedburg kitchen was probably overworked.
In Nordwei, the Council of Wei has met to discuss the Regent, and, should she prove successful in strengthening Defalk, will seek her destruction.
Those of the trading faction have declined to extend credit for planting to the southern lords of Defalk, when for the first time in a decade such plantings will succeed.