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dike

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Noun

  1. Alternative spelling of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.
  2. Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
  3. Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
  4. Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.

Verb

  1. Alternative spelling of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.
  2. To be well dressed.

Proper noun

  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a dike.
  2. The goddess/personification of justice, order and judgement and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Justitia.
  3. 99 Dike, a main belt asteroid.
  4. justice, order and judgement.

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