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dī̆ch(e
n.
Additional spellings:
diche
129 quotations in 7 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) An excavated trench; a ditch for fencing an enclosure, marking a boundary, draining water, etc.; (b)
fig.
&
prov.
expressions:
as water of dich
, freely, unstintingly;
commune as water in a dich
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