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  • 1Ditch Davey — (born 30 July 1975, in Melbourne) is an Australian actor. He was born Kristian Lind, but legally changed his name to Ditch when he was 18. Ditch came about because his older sister could not pronounce Christian, so instead she ended up calling… …

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  • 2Ditch, (magazine) — ditch, is an on line literary periodical edited by the Canadian writer John C. Goodman. The magazine was launched in August 2007. ditch, publishes poetry only. It was designed to promote Canadian experimental poetry which, at the time of the… …

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  • 3Ditch Witch — Тип Публичная компания Год основания 1902 Расположение …

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  • 4Ditch — Ditch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ditched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ditching}.] 1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land. [1913 Webster] 2. To surround with a ditch. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To throw into a… …

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  • 5ditch — [dich] n. [ME dich < OE dic, a ditch, drain: see DIKE1] a long, narrow channel dug into the earth, as a trough for drainage or irrigation vt. 1. to border with a ditch 2. to make a ditch or ditches in 3. ☆ a) to cause (a car, wagon, et …

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  • 6ditch — O.E. dic ditch, dike, a variant of DIKE (Cf. dike) (q.v.). As a verb, late 14c., surround with a ditch; dig a ditch; meaning to throw into a ditch is from 1816, hence sense of abandon, discard, first recorded 1899 in Amer.Eng. Of aircraft, by… …

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  • 7Ditch — Ditch, v. i. To dig a ditch or ditches. Swift. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 8ditch-dog — ditchˈ dog noun (Shakespeare) A dead dog rotting in a ditch • • • Main Entry: ↑ditch …

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  • 9Ditch — (?; 224), n.; pl. {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See {Dike}.] 1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or …

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  • 10ditch — [n] gulley canal, channel, chase, cut, dike, drain, excavation, furrow, gutter, mine, moat, trench, watercourse; concepts 509,513 ditch [v] get rid of abandon, desert, discard, dispose of, drop, dump*, eighty six*, forsake, jettison, junk*, leave …

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