“Five nothings on five plates of delf” made her supper.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Reader, Second Series] Reference

"Nay, we followed the delf till the glow was brightest, and only kissed, and then-".    From Wordnik.com.  [Robot Adept]

It stood on the brink of a delf, the site of which is now occupied by the Prescot-street.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections of Old Liverpool] Reference

The glow on the delf cup became so bright it was as if the sunlight were reflecting from it, but the sky was overcast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robot Adept]

At this minute, Mr. Gale entered from the front shop to show a customer some delf plates; and he did not see — but WE.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roundabout Papers] Reference

He worked it out in his mind, then tried a spell: "Give me delf to find myself," he singsonged, concentrating on a glazed cup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robot Adept]

“The parishioners about here,” continued Mrs. Day, not looking at any living being, but snatching up the brown delf tea-things.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under the Greenwood Tree] Reference

If you were a slightly nervous Israeli soldier, would you wait until he was really close before seeing if he was going to delf-detonate?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference

Blind Girl never knew that ugly shapes of delf and earthenware were on the board; that sorrow and faintheartedness were in the house; that.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cricket on the Hearth] Reference

The following morning, having drunk his coffee, Maurice pushed back the metal tray on which the delf-ware stood, and remained sitting idle with his hands before him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maurice Guest] Reference

But the clink of the delf caused him to look round.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mummer's Wife] Reference

The delf destruction of Mike Tyson is based in race.    From Wordnik.com.  [LA Weekly | Complete Issue] Reference

National-Patriotic merely, are about sitting down to their frugal covers of delf.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Revolution] Reference

The sleek rascal saw this, and looking slyly into Bridget's delf-blue eyes, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four Canadian Highwaymen] Reference

But wait a while; by the powdhers o 'delf Rantin' Rody's the boy will try his mettle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One] Reference

A knife and fork, which had not been worn out by overcleaning, flanked a cracked delf plate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guy Mannering] Reference

"I saw it comin 'that's why I went solo" - MC's who disbanded their group or duo and went for delf '.    From Wordnik.com.  [WYDU/Bloggerhouse] Reference

The dresser, with its shelves of mingled delf and pewter, occupied its ancient and important station.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paul Clifford — Complete] Reference

He looked at the little delf image, and crossed himself; the others imitated him, except the old man.    From Wordnik.com.  [After Dark] Reference

He had heard a noise like the breaking of delf in the kitchen below, and he wondered if Bess had heard it too.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911] Reference

On the wall were a few samplers, a warming pan, and shelves with some common delf plates, and cups and saucers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Brown at Oxford] Reference

The kitchen tables were large, and white as milk; and the dresser rich in its shining array of delf and pewter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three] Reference

They had books and newspapers, tidy delf, and clean glass upon their shelves, and undoubtedly provisions in plenty.    From Wordnik.com.  [North America — Volume 1] Reference

I'm sure we had before our eyes at different times every bit of china, delf, glass, and plate in the establishment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference

Vessola in a very fertile district, and was formerly noted for its manufacture of delf; ore is found in the vicinity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference

In every part of the forests, far from any human habitation, on digging the earth, fragments of pottery and delf are found.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference

By-and-by, though, he cut himself some food, hesitated, and proceeded to cut some more, which he placed in a coarse delf plate.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel"] Reference

Blind Girl never knew that ugly shapes of delf and earthenware were on the board; that sorrow and faint-heartedness were in the house; that.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cricket on the Hearth] Reference

"But, oh! look at my chaynee!" said the widow, clasping her hands, and casting a look of despair at the shattered delf that lay around her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes] Reference

It breaks a set, ye ken -- Godsake, put doun the cheeny plate, and try your hand on the delf-ware!.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Ronan's Well] Reference

Whose washing-tables were of deal, and whose delf was of the plainest ware, and even that minus sundry handles and spouts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes] Reference