Definition of "delft" []

• A style of glazed earthenware, usually blue and white. (noun)
• Pottery made in this style. (noun)

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• "Susan Dzivak—a girl that I'dworshippedwhen I was a boy, a blonde Slovak beauty, my delft-blue-eyed lover for one tick of time, grown up and unclothed in the soft, shadowed light, who whispered to me, "It's time you learned wisdom.""
• "Her delft blue eyes took on a decidedly militant sparkle, and a flush—that curse of all redheads—heated her porcelain skin."
• "Relief and gratitude blazed from her eyes, which were once again that beguiling delft blue."