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third-person singular simple present deeches, present participle deeching, simple past and past participle deeched
(transitive) To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained. quotations examples
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
usually uncountable, plural deeches
(UK dialectal, Northern England) Dirt ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc. examples