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• Dyke Island — Location …   Wikipedia

• Dyke and Moy —    DYKE and MOY, a parish, in the county of Elgin, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Forres; containing, with the villages of Kintessack and Whitemyre, 1366 inhabitants, of whom 166 are resident within the village of Dyke. These two ancient parishes, of… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• dyke — Ⅰ. dyke [1] (also dike) ► NOUN 1) an embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea. 2) an earthwork serving as a boundary or defence: Offa s Dyke. 3) a ditch or watercourse. 4) Geology an intrusion of igneous rock cutting across existing… …   English terms dictionary

• Dyke (slang) — This article is about the slang term. For other uses, see Dyke. Dykes on Bikes at New York City s 2007 LGBT pride parade. Dyke is slang terminology referring to a lesbian or lesbianism. It originated as a derogatory label for a masculine woman,… …   Wikipedia

• dyke — I. /daɪk / (say duyk) noun 1. an embankment for restraining the waters of the sea or a river. 2. a ditch. 3. a ridge or bank of earth as thrown up in excavating. 4. a causeway. 5. an obstacle; barrier. 6. Geology a tabular body of igneous rock… …  

• dyke — [[t]da͟ɪk[/t]] dykes (The spelling dike is used, especially for meaning 1.) 1) N COUNT A dyke is a thick wall that is built to stop water flooding onto very low lying land from a river or from the sea. 2) N COUNT A dyke is a lesbian. [INFORMAL,… …   English dictionary

• dyke — dyke1 (also dike) noun 1》 an embankment built to prevent flooding from the sea.     ↘an earthwork serving as a boundary or defence: Offa s Dyke. 2》 a ditch or watercourse. 3》 Geology an intrusion of igneous rock cutting across existing strata.… …   English new terms dictionary

• dyke — UK [daɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms dyke : singular dyke plural dykes 1) a wall that prevents a river, lake, or sea from flooding the land 2) a narrow passage in flat land that water can pass through to prevent the land from flooding 3)… …   English dictionary

• dyke — 1. n. & v. (also dike) n. 1 a long wall or embankment built to prevent flooding, esp. from the sea. 2 a a ditch or artificial watercourse. b Brit. a natural watercourse. 3 a a low wall, esp. of turf. b a causeway. 4 a barrier or obstacle; a… …   Useful english dictionary

• dyke — [daɪk] noun [C] a wall that prevents a river, a lake, or the sea from flooding the land …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Offa's Dyke — Coordinates: 52°20′38″N 3°02′56″W / 52.344°N 3.049°W / 52.344; 3.049 …   Wikipedia