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单词 deg
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degv.

Etymology: Variant of dag v.4
dialect.
1. transitive. To sprinkle with water; to damp. Also intransitive.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > make slightly wet [verb (transitive)]
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humidatec1540
bemoist1567
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damp1671
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moistify1786
dampen1827
baste1897
1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 14 To Deg: Leck.
1854 W. Gaskell Lect. Lancs. Dial. 28 [Lanc. Gloss.] The word which a Lancashire man employs for sprinkling with water is ‘to deg’, and when he degs his garden he uses a deggin-can.
1885 Manch. Examiner 14 Aug. 2/6 Twice going over would not deg across the road.
2. intransitive. To drizzle.
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1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Deg, to drizzle = Dag.

Derivatives

degging n.
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1865 M. R. Lahee Carter's Struggles vii. 53 [Lanc. Gloss.] Si' tho' what a deggin' hoo's gin me.

Compounds

General attributive, as degging-can, degging-cart, degging-machine.
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1854 W. Gaskell Lect. Lancs. Dial. 28 [Lanc. Gloss.] When he [sc. a Lancashire man] degs his garden he uses a deggin-can.
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Degging-machine (Cotton), One for damping the fabric in the process of calendering.
1885 Manch. Examiner 14 Aug. 2/6 It was usual for the degging cart to go three times over the ground.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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