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deech

The English word “deech” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

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

noun

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

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.

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