A variant or archaic form that may refer to a ditch or a narrow watercourse; the spelling is non-standard in modern English.
Possibly a variant of 'ditch' from Old English 'dic.' The spelling and usage are archaic or dialectal, making the exact etymology uncertain.
This word represents how English spelling was wildly inconsistent—even centuries ago, people spelled the same word different ways and everyone understood anyway!
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