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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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DAIGH, DAICH, n. Sc. forms of Eng. dough. See P.L.D. §§ 32 and 34.2. [dex]

1. With meaning as in Eng. (Ags.², Arg.¹, Lnk.³ 1939; Ayr.⁴ 1928).Sc. 1737 Ramsay Proverbs 31:
His Meal's a' daigh. [His project has failed.]Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. (1922) 101:
Another common “skule piece,” if the supply of bread ran short, was a roll of oatmeal “daigh” made either with water or sweet-milk.Abd. 1828 P. Buchan Ballads II. 88:
And she would meal you with millering, That she gathers at the mill, And make you thick as ony daigh.m.Sc. 1991 William Neill in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 49:
The Regent's face is white as daich,
he dreams o pike and dirkEdb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) xxvi.:
What's the expense of a bit daigh, half an ounce weight, pirled round wi' the knuckles into a case?Ayr. 1890 J. Service Notandums 33:
Some folk are juist, as ye may say, daich, and ithers are as hard as tenpenny nails.

2. A mixture of meal and hot water prepared as chickens' food (Ayr.⁴ 1928).Sc. 1825 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 25:
Some half-a-score forlorn chuckies . . . dabbing at daigh and drummock.Arg.¹ 1937:
When ye've made daigh for the chickens tak' a pail an' away for some brock for the pigs.Kcb. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxi.:
Scraping up some of the daich or henmeat, that had fallen on the ground.