Verb
To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.
Usage- Transitive
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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.
Noun
Dirt (or grime) ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc.
Usage- Northern-England
- UK usage
- dialectal
- Uncountable
- usually