deeds dial. form of deads(see dead a. B. 4), waste material from an excavation. 1802C. Findlater Agric.Surv. Peebles 131 (Jam.) What is taken out of the ditch (vernacularly the deeds) [to be] thrown behind this facing to support it.1825Brockett N.C. Words, Deeds, rubbish of quarries or drains.