deech

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verb

To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.

OriginMiddle English dechen ← Old English dēċan ← Proto-West Germanic *dōkijan →
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Meanings

deech1

verbdeech (third-person singular simple present deeches, present participle deeching, simple past and past participle deeched)

present singular third person deeches · participle present deeching · participle past deeched · past deeched · alternative dialectal ditch · alternative obsolete deche

  1. transitiveTo 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
noundeech (usually uncountable, plural deeches)

plural deeches · alternative dialectal ditch · alternative obsolete deche

  1. Northern EnglandUKdialectaluncountableusuallyDirt (or grime) ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc.

Deech2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*dōkaz“rag”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*dōkijan“to apply with a rag or cloth, smear”
  3. Old Englishdēċan“to smear, plaster, daub”
  4. Middle Englishdechen
  5. Englishdeech

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.

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APA

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Chicago

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