Diker

dike ¹ also dyke  (dk)

n.

1.

a. An embankment of earth and rock built to prevent floods.

b. Chiefly British A low wall, often of sod, dividing or enclosing lands.

2. A barrier blocking a passage, especially for protection.

3. A raised causeway.

4. A ditch; a channel.

5. Geology A long mass of igneous rock that cuts across the structure of adjacent rock.

tr.v. diked also dyked, dik·ing also dyk·ing, dikes also dykes

1. To protect, enclose, or provide with a dike.

2. To drain with dikes or ditches.

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[Middle English, from Old English dc, trench; see dhg^w- in Indo-European roots, and from Old Norse dki, ditch.]

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diker n.