DELPH
Delph, n. (Hydraul. Engin.)
Defn: The drain on the land side of a sea embankment. Knight.
DELPHIAN
Del"phi*an, a.
Defn: Delphic.
DELPHIC Del"phic, a. Etym: [L. Delphicus, fr. Gr. Delphi, a town of Phocis, in Greece, now Kastri.] (Gr. Antiq.)
1. Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.
2. Ambiguous; mysterious. "If he is silent or delphic." New York Times.
DELPHIN; DELPHINE
Del"phin, Del"phine, a. Etym: [See Dauphin.]
Defn: Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).
DELPHIN
Del"phin, n. Etym: [L. delphinus a dolphin.] (Chem.)