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deech en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English dechen, from Old English dēċan (“to smear, plaster, daub”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōkijan (“to apply with a rag or cloth, smear”), from *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“rag”); see duck (“canvas, cloth”). Cognate with Dutch doeken, German tuchen.
For the noun sense, compare gound.
Meanings
(Northern-England, UK, dialectal, uncountable, usually) Dirt (or grime) ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc.
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deeches
Number=Plur
lexicographic
deche
alternative, obsolete
lexicographic
ditch
alternative, dialectal
lexicographic
deech en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English dechen, from Old English dēċan (“to smear, plaster, daub”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōkijan (“to apply with a rag or cloth, smear”), from *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“rag”); see duck (“canvas, cloth”). Cognate with Dutch doeken, German tuchen.
For the noun sense, compare gound.
Meanings
(transitive) To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.
The mud of Flanders clung to his boots and clothes. It was "deeched" into his skin, and round his eyes had left a stain so dark, it looked as if he had been painted for a theatrical make-up. 1917, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, Brought Forward, page 60: