DSL - SND1     DEEK, v., n. Also dick.     1. v.
    (1) To descry; to see; ``to look at a person'' (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; 1942 Zai). Also used as an int. = ``Look out! Take care!'' (Ib.).
    *Peb. 1784 Pan and Pastora (ed. R. D. C. Brown 1832) l. 82:
    Slee Ægle deek'd her lover cumin'.
    *Lnk. 1825 Jam.²:
    I deekit him, I descried him.
    (2) ``To hit (a person, etc.)'' (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.).
    2. n.
    (1) A peep; a look (Bwk. 1942 Wettstein 58; Rxb. 1942 Zai), ``usually from a concealing or unobserved position'' (Watson).
    *Ayr. 1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers 33:
    Quo I, stoppin him short an' takin' a better deek o' his gib.
    *Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 7:
    Yeh bit sate on the kei-stane o the brig; yeh deek at the gurlin Yill.
    Phr.: to keep dick, to keep watch (Ant. 1900 E.D.D.).
    ¶(2) One who peeps or pries.
    *Rxb. 1901 W. Laidlaw Poetry and Prose 46:
    But soon was stopped by ``Bet-the-Deek,'' Whae said he was a drucken loon.
    (3) A blow.
    *Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.:
    A deek i' the jaw.
    [Romany dik, to look, see. Cf. slang dekko, n. and v., look, peep, from Hindu dekho, look here, look out, imper, of dekhna, to see.]

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