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dak

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dak [dɑːk], dawk [dɔːk]
n (formerly, in India)
(Historical Terms)
a.  a system of mail delivery or passenger transport by relays of bearers or horses stationed at intervals along a route
b.  (as modifier) dak bearers
[from Hindi dāk, from Sanskrit drāk quickly]
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Noun1.dak - East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma, dhak, palas
Butea, genus Butea - genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms


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The jeddak, Bar Comas, who was comparatively young, was the object of the fierce and jealous hatred of his old lieutenant, Dak Kova, the jed who had captured me, and I could not but note the almost studied efforts which the latter made to affront his superior.
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