deg, v.1 dial.
[var. of dag v.4]
a. trans. To sprinkle with water; to damp. b. intr. To drizzle. Hence degging vbl. n.; in comb. degging-can, degging-cart, degging-machine (see quots.).
| 1674 in Ray N.C. Words 14. 1854 W. Gaskell Lect. Lanc. 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. 1865 M. R. Lahee Carter's Struggles vii. 53 (ibid.), Si' tho' what a deggin' hoo's gin me. 1874 Knight Dict. Mech., Degging-machine (Cotton), One for damping the fabric in the process of calendering. 1885 Manch. Exam. 14 Aug. 2/6 It was usual for the degging cart to go three times over the ground..as twice going over would not deg across the road. 1892 Northumb. Wds., Deg, to drizzle = Dag. |