dike

Definitions

1. 1.An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee. Dikes that the hands of the farmers had raised . . . Shut out the turbulent tides. Longfellow.
2. 2.A wall of turf or stone. [Scot.]
3. 3.(Geol.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.
4. 4.To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
5. 5.To drain by a dike or ditch.
6. 6.To work as a ditcher; to dig. [Obs.] He would thresh and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is an embankment to prevent inundations; a levee. Dikes that the hands of the farmers had raised . . . Shut out the turbulent tides. Longfellow called?
• What is a wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata called?
• What is to surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank called?
• What is to work as a ditcher; to dig. [Obs.] He would thresh and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer called?