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dyke

Noun

∙ A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker. Britain, historical
∙ A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water. Britain
∙ Any navigable watercourse. Britain, dialect
∙ Any watercourse. Britain, dialect
∙ Any small body of water. Britain, dialect
∙ Any hollow dug into the ground. obsolete
∙ A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. now chiefly Australia, slang
∙ An embankment formed by the creation on a ditch. Britain
∙ A city wall. obsolete
∙ A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker. now chiefly Scotland
∙ Any fence or hedge. Britain, dialect
∙ An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers. Britain
∙ Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty. Britain, figuratively
∙ A beaver's dam. Britain
∙ A jetty; a pier. Britain, dialect
∙ A raised causeway. Britain
∙ A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault. Britain, dialect, mining
∙ A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away. Britain, geology

Verb

∙ To dig, particularly to create a ditch. transitive or intransitive
∙ To surround with a ditch, to entrench. transitive
∙ To surround with a low dirt or stone wall. transitive, Scotland
∙ To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river. transitive or intransitive
∙ To scour a watercourse. transitive
∙ To steep [fibers] within a watercourse. transitive

Noun

∙ A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or macho traits or behavior. slang, usually pejorative

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