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Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk.

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  1. n. Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk.
  2. n. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
  3. Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] Dak boat, a mail boat. Percy Smith. -- Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the and of a dak stage. -- To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquines or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.
  4. Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- speltalso dawk, and dauk. [India] Dak boat, a mail boat. Percy Smith.-- Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the and of a dak stage.-- To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquines or othercarriage, as fast as the post along a road.
  5. n East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye