Dyke

Dyke

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Dyke or dike may refer to:

Names

People

  • D.L. Dykes, Jr. (1917–1997), Louisiana Methodist clergyman
  • Greg Dyke (born 1947), former Director General of the BBC and current Chairman of Brentford Football Club
  • Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes (born 1939), a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
  • John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1876), an English clergyman and hymnist
  • John Dyke (rugby player) (1884–1960), Wales international rugby union player
  • John and Jennie Dyke, American aircraft designers
  • Keilen Dykes (born 1984), American football player
  • William Dyke (born 1930), mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
  • Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet (1837–1931)
  • John Dyke, lead singer of German synthpop band Dyko

Places

Settlements

Earthworks

  • Car Dyke, a Roman boundary ditch in Eastern England
  • Offa's Dyke, historic earthwork dividing Mercia and Wales
  • Wansdyke (earthwork), dividing Wessex from the lands south west of it
  • Devil's Dyke (disambiguation), one of several ancient embankments or ditches (or both)

See also

  • Van Dyke (disambiguation)



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  • dyke — [ dik; dajk ] n. m. • 1759; dike 1768; mot angl. « digue » ♦ Géol. Roche éruptive qui fait saillie à la surface du sol et qui affecte la forme d une épaisse muraille ou d une colonne. ⇒ neck. ● dyke nom masculin (anglais dyke, digue) Filon de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • dyke — s.n. (geol.) Filon de lavă injectată şi consolidată în crăpătura unui con vulcanic, care, prin eroziunea terenurilor, rămâne în relief ca un zid. ♦ Dig mic. [pron. daic. / < engl. dyke]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 25.02.2005. Sursa: DN  DYKE… …   Dicționar Român

  • 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 — Dyke, n. See {Dike}. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dyke — dyke; van·dyke; dyke·reeve; …   English syllables

  • dyke — dyke, dike In the meaning ‘embankment’, dyke is the preferred form. This is also true of the different (slang) word dyke, meaning ‘a lesbian’ …   Modern English usage

  • dyke — (n.) 1931, American English, perhaps a shortening of morphadike, dialectal garbling of HERMAPHRODITE (Cf. hermaphrodite); but bulldyker engage in lesbian activities is attested from 1921, and a source from 1896 lists dyke as slang for the vulva.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Dyke — (spr. daik), Sir William Hart , Baronet, engl. Staatsmann, geb. 1837, studierte in Oxford und wurde 1865 ins Unterhaus gewählt, wo er der konservativen Partei beitrat. Er war von 1874–80 Sekretär im Schatzamt unter Lord Beaconsfield und fungierte …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Dyke —   [daɪk, englisch] der, (s)/ s, Dike [daɪk], Geologie: Gang …   Universal-Lexikon

  • dyke — dike [daık] n [Sense: 1, 3; Origin: Old English dic ditch, dike ] [Sense: 2; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Probably from morphadyke male and female person, homosexual (1900 2000), from hermaphrodite] 1.) a wall or bank built to keep back water and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • dyke — [ daık ] noun count 1. ) OFFENSIVE an offensive word for a LESBIAN (=woman who is gay) 2. ) another spelling of dike …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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