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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

dyke In engineering, a barrier or embankment designed to confine or regulate the flow of water. Dykes are used in reclaiming land from the sea by sedimentation (as practised in The Netherlands), and also as controls against river flooding. In geology, a dyke (dike) is an intrusion of igneous rock whose surface is different from that of the adjoining material.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

dyke put one's finger in the dyke attempt to stem the advance of something undesirable, from a story of a small Dutch boy who saved his community from flooding, by placing his finger in a hole in a dyke.

See also February fill dyke.
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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

dyke (dike) Discordant, or cross-cutting, tabular intrusion. Most dykes are vertical or near vertical, having pushed their way through the overlying country rock. See DYKE SET; DYKE SWARM; and RADIAL DYKE.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

dyke1 • n. variant spelling of dike1 . dyke2 / dīk/ • n. offens. a lesbian. DERIVATIVES: dyke·y adj. .

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Dyke Lincs. Dic 1086 (DB). ‘(Place at) the ditch or dike’. OE dīc or OScand. dík.
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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

dyke. Dry-stone rubble wall.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

dyke see DIKE.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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