noun

1. Brit., Dialectal
   1. a ditch or watercourse
   2. the bank of earth thrown up in digging a ditch
2. an embankment or dam made to prevent flooding by the sea or by a river
3. a protective barrier or obstacle
4. Scot. a low dividing wall of earth or stone
5. Archaic a raised causeway
6. Geol. igneous rock that solidified as a tabular body in a more or less vertical fissure

Etymology: ME < OE dic & ON diki, akin to ditch, Du dijk, Ger deich < IE base *dhēigw-, *dhīgw-, to pierce, fasten > L figere, fix

transitive verb diked, diking dik′·ing

1. to provide, protect, or enclose with a dike or dikes
2. to drain by a ditch