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dyke(2)(dictionary)
dyke(dictionary)
Offa's Dyke(dictionary)
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Dyke (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
dyke-grave(dictionary)
Offa's Dyke(encyclopedia)
Earls Dyke Beach(tourism)

dyke (iou)



dyke verb. Also dike. ME.
[from DYKE noun1: cf. DITCH verb.]
verb intrans. Make a dyke, ditch, or excavation; dig. ME.
verb trans. Provide with a dyke or dykes, for defence or (later) as a protection against flooding or to improve drainage. ME.
verb trans. Clean out (a ditch or watercourse). Now rare or obsolete. E16.
dyker noun a person who constructs or works at dykes OE.