dawk — Английский словарь

Глагол

1. To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.

   Употребление

   • британское употребление
   • dialectal
   • переходный глагол

2. To cut or mark with an incision; gash.

   Употребление

   • переходный глагол

3. To dig up weeds.

   Употребление

   • британское употребление
   • dialectal
   • переходный глагол

Существительное

1. A hollow or crack in timber.

   Примеры

   THE DAWK was a slight concavity or depression in the body of the cast type , made by a corresponding convexity in the mould

Существительное

1. A person who advocates neither an aggressive nor a conciliatory political attitude (especially in foreign policy).

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   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, have won.