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单词 stone-dike
释义

stone-dikestone-dyken.

Forms: (Also as two words.)
Etymology: Compare German steindeich.
A dike constructed of stone; a stone fence or embankment. Also attributive (in quot. 1842 = enclosed with a stone-dike).
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > low wall of turf or stone
dikec1425
stone-dike1553
snap-dyke1793
reave1848
1553–4 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 289 The making of the stane dike on the north side of the South Loch, to hauld in the watter thairof.
1731 Mem. Capt. Creichton in J. Swift Wks. (1762) X. 225 Sir John Cogheran lay with a Party, in a Stone-Dike-Park, about ten Miles off.
1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 159 Stone-dikes are of all fences the readiest and most complete... Stone-dike inclosures are generally of dry stone.

Derivatives

stone-dike v. (intransitive) to build stone-dikes.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (intransitive)] > build walls > specific type
stone-dike1870
1870 J. Brown Lett. (1907) 201 They had been stonedyking since October.
stone-diked adj. /-daɪkt/ enclosed with stone-dikes.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > of or belonging to a wall > having (a) wall(s) > specific
well-walleda1398
stone-diked1897
1897 Daily News 30 Sept. 6/2 Some village sanctuary on a Yorkshire or Lancashire upland among the stone-dyked fields.
stone-diker n. a person who builds stone-dikes.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of walls > types of
ground-waller1477
diker1497
cowan1598
rough waller1614
sea-waller1790
stone-diker1901
1901 R. M. F. Watson Closeburn iii. 37 David was a stone-dyker by trade.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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