n. [ OE. dic, dike, diche, ditch, AS. dīc dike, ditch; akin to D. dijk dike, G. deich, and prob. teich pond, Icel. dīki dike, ditch, Dan. dige; perh. akin to Gr.
Little channels or dikes cut to every bed. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dikes that the hands of the farmers had raised . . .
Shut out the turbulent tides. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To work as a ditcher; to dig. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He would thresh and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.