Dyke
[daɪk]
Definition
(n.) See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.
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Definition
Same as Dike.
Editor: Upton
Examples
- He did not want to make a Thermopylae, nor be Horatius at any bridge, nor be the Dutch boy With his finger in that dyke. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It may be necessary to have dykes on portions of the seashore; they may be superfluous elsewhere. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Those who wish to be safe had better go soon, for the dykes will be opened to-morrow, and who can fly when the whole country is under water? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- By opening these gates, and by piercing a few dykes, the ocean might be made to fight for them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But to concentrate nine-tenths of your attention on the subject of dykes is to forget the civilization they are supposed to protect. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Stacey