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dike 1

also dyke D0222700 (dīk)n.1. a. An embankment of earth and rock built to prevent floods.b. Chiefly British A low wall, often of sod, dividing or enclosing lands.2. A barrier blocking a passage, especially for protection.3. A raised causeway.4. A ditch; a channel.5. Geology A long mass of igneous rock that cuts across the structure of adjacent rock.tr.v. diked, dik·ing, dikes also dyked or dyk·ing or dykes 1. To protect, enclose, or provide with a dike.2. To drain with dikes or ditches.
[Middle English, from Old English dīc, trench; see dhīgw- in Indo-European roots, and from Old Norse dīki, ditch.]
dik′er n.

dike 2

D0222700 (dīk)n. Offensive Slang Variant of dyke2.

diker

(ˈdaɪkə) n (Civil Engineering) a person who builds dikes