different between beech vs deech

English

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Etymology

From Middle English beche, from Old English b??e, from Proto-West Germanic *b?kij? (“beech”). Doublet of buky.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?ch, IPA^(key): /bi?t??/
• Rhymes: -i?t?
• Homophone: beach

Noun

beech (plural beeches)

1. A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.
2. The wood of the beech tree.

Synonyms

• beech tree

Derived terms

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• ditch (dialectal)
• deche (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English dechen, from Old English d??an (“to smear, plaster, daub”), of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Old English deccan (“to cover”), a variant of Old English þeccan (“to cover, cover over, conceal”). More at deck, thatch. Alternatively from Proto-Germanic *d?kijan? (“to apply with a rag or cloth, smear”), from Proto-Germanic *d?kaz (“rag”); see duck (“canvas, cloth”).

Verb

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

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

Noun

deech (usually uncountable, plural deeches)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) Dirt ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc.

Anagrams

• eched