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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DEIK, Dick, v. and n. [dəik Ags., Slg.; dɪk Ork.]

1. v. To hide, to make oneself scarce. Also with doon: “to hide or bend the body in a ditch or elsewhere so as not to be seen” (Ags.¹ c.1920, deik). Used refl. in Ork. quot.Ork. 1907 J. T. S. Leask in Ols-Lore Misc. I. ii. 61:
They gaed ap aboot the waal o' Stennarian. . . . Foo bony dey could dick dem doon aboot the edges o' er. [The men were hiding from the press-gang.]Slg. 1916 T.S.D.C. II.:
Come on, noo' deik.

2. n. In phr. to do a deik (see quot.).Slg. 1916 T.S.D.C. II.:
A boy who was going to run away and hide himself said, “I'm gaun to do a deik.”