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deech.

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

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

noun
  1. Dirt (or grime) ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc.

    Northern-England · UK · dialectal · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

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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