n. A young bird. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as bodkin; -- a variant spelling. [ R. ] [ PJC ]
‖n. [ Native West African name. ] A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also
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.
n. [ Scot. pow, pou, a pool, a watery or marshy place, fr. E. pool. ] A dike a marsh or fen. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Ar. zandīk. ] An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to those charged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of magical heresies. [ 1913 Webster ]