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(1):

(n.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.

(2):

(v. t.) To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.

(3):

(n.) An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.

(4):

(n.) A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

(5):

(v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig.

(6):

(v. t.) To drain by a dike or ditch.

(7):

(n.) A wall of turf or stone.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dike'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dike.html. 1828.
 
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