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dike
I. noun
or dyke \ˈdīk\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dīc ditch, dike; akin to Middle High German tīch pond, dike, Old Norse dīki swamp, ditch, Latin figere to fasten, pierce, Lithuanian diegti to prick
1.
a. : an artificial watercourse (as for drainage)
b. now dialect Britain : any natural or artificial watercourse
< Thames, the king of dikes — Alexander Pope >
c. : pool, pond
2.
a. dialect Britain : a wall or fence of turf or stone
b. : a bank usually of earth constructed to control or confine water : levee
< the dikes of Holland prevent the sea from flooding the land >
c. : a barrier preventing passage especially protecting against or excluding something undesirable
< the legions were a dike against the barbarian hordes >
3.
a. dialect Britain : a bank of earth thrown up from a ditch
b. : a raised causeway
c. [so called from its standing up like a wall in places where the material that once surrounded it has been eroded away] : a tabular body of igneous rock that has been injected while molten into a fissure — see composite dike
II. verb
or dyke \“\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English diken, from dike, n.
transitive verb
: to surround or protect with a dike; also : to drain by a dike or ditch
intransitive verb
: to work as a ditcher : dig : work at making a dike
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: perhaps alteration of deck (II)
chiefly Midland : to dress in fine clothes — usually used with out or up
< all diked out for the party >
IV.
variant of dyke herein |