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ˈfold-ˌdike Sc.
[f. fold n.2 + dike n.1; prob. alteration of fail-dike: see fail n.]
A wall of turf surrounding a fold.
1437Merches of Bp. Brynnes in Cart. Aberd. F. 14 (Jam.) Fra that wele ascended up an ald fald dyk to the hill. 1513–75Diurnal Occurrents (1833) 130 Ane narrow passage in fauld dykkis. 1816Scott Old Mort. ix, One of the..whig dogs shot at me from behind a fauld-dike. |