2. pl.
Defn: Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in
California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained.
[Recent]
3. pl.
Defn: Region; locality. [Low]
DIGHT Dight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dight or Dighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dighting.] Etym: [OF. dihten, AS. dihtan to dictate, command, dispose, arrange, fr. L. dictare to say often, dictate, order; cf. G. dichten to write poetry, fr. L. dictare. See Dictate.]
1. To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn. [Archaic] "She gan the house to dight." Chaucer. Two harmless turtles, dight for sacrifice. Fairfax. The clouds in thousand liveries dight. Milton.
2. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DIGHTER
Dight"er, n.
Defn: One who dights. [Obs.]
DIGIT
Dig"it, n. Etym: [L. digitus finger; prob. akin to Gr. toe. Cf.
Dactyl.]