"dyke" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /daɪk/ Forms: dykes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: A variant of dike, from Northern Middle English dik and dike (“ditch”), from Old Norse díki (“ditch”). Influenced by Middle Dutch dijc (“ditch; dam”) and Middle Low German dīk (“dam”). See also ditch. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeygʷ-}}, {{m|en|dike}} dike, {{der|en|enm|dik}} Middle English dik, {{m|enm|dike||ditch}} dike (“ditch”), {{der|en|non|díki||ditch}} Old Norse díki (“ditch”), {{der|en|dum|dijc||ditch; dam}} Middle Dutch dijc (“ditch; dam”), {{der|en|gml|dīk||dam}} Middle Low German dīk (“dam”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dyke (plural dykes)
  1. (historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker. Tags: UK, historical
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-G9j4i2wj
  2. A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-QZN24LEU
  3. (dialect) Any navigable watercourse. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-KPFrfELg
  4. (dialect) Any watercourse. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-XNmm0ruE
  5. (dialect) Any small body of water. Tags: UK, dialectal Synonyms (small body of water): puddle, pond, pool, lakelet, mere
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-LI0IDdos Disambiguation of 'small body of water': 1 4 8 9 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
  6. (obsolete) Any hollow dug into the ground. Tags: UK, obsolete Synonyms (any hollow): den, cave, hole, pit
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-jhJcX65- Disambiguation of 'any hollow': 10 10 8 8 9 25 0 2 1 2 7 1 7 2 1 1 1 3
  7. (now chiefly Australia, slang) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. Tags: Australia, UK, slang
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-nrUd2xYZ Categories (other): Australian English
  8. An embankment formed by the creation of a ditch. Tags: UK Translations (ditch and bank running alongside each other): канавка (kanavka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), отводнителен канал (otvodnitelen kanal) (Bulgarian), sloot [feminine] (Dutch), vallihauta (Finnish), fossé [masculine] (French), Graben [masculine] (German), fosso [masculine] (Italian), trincheira [feminine] (Portuguese), сто́чная кана́ва (stóčnaja kanáva) [feminine] (Russian), кана́ва (kanáva) [feminine] (Russian), ров (rov) [masculine] (Russian), транше́я (tranšéja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-1uIR19jM Disambiguation of 'ditch and bank running alongside each other': 3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5
  9. A wall, especially (obsolete outside heraldry) a masoned city or castle wall. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-pPY-pBGb
  10. (now chiefly Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker. Tags: Scotland, UK
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-gU0Likeu Categories (other): Scottish English
  11. (dialect) Any fence or hedge. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-f2MFTd4s
  12. An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-sdoKn65V
  13. (figuratively) Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty. Tags: UK, figuratively Synonyms (barrier of stone or earth): bank, embankment, dam, levee, breakwater, floodwall, seawall Translations (barrier to prevent flooding): ἄνδηρον (ándēron) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ամբարտակ (ambartak) (Armenian), дига (diga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), dic [masculine] (Catalan), hráz [feminine] (Czech), dige [neuter] (Danish), dijk [masculine] (Dutch), digo (Esperanto), tamm (Estonian), tulvapato (Finnish), digue [feminine] (French), კაშხალი (ḳašxali) (Georgian), ზღუდარი (zɣudari) (Georgian), ჯებირი (ǯebiri) (Georgian), საგუბარი (sagubari) (Georgian), წყალსაწევი (c̣q̇alsac̣evi) (Georgian), Deich [masculine] (German), cladán [masculine] (Irish), diga [feminine] (Italian), argine [masculine] (Italian), barriera [feminine] (Italian), terrapieno [masculine] (Italian), 堤防 (teibō) (Japanese), (duk) (Korean), diga [feminine] (Latin), dambis (Latvian), канач (kanač) [masculine] (Macedonian), трапиште (trapište) [neuter] (Macedonian), ahuriri (Maori), Daum [masculine] (Plautdietsch), dique [masculine] (Portuguese), dig [neuter] (Romanian), да́мба (dámba) (Russian), dique [masculine] (Spanish), đê (Vietnamese), clawdd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-5wfN7HpM Disambiguation of 'barrier of stone or earth': 4 3 1 1 3 5 0 2 1 12 0 3 46 6 3 3 4 4 Disambiguation of 'barrier to prevent flooding': 4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3
  14. A beaver's dam. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-oD0P4pC1
  15. (dialect) A jetty; a pier. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-hGBu2LEI
  16. A raised causeway. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-hs66p5Ae
  17. (dialect, mining) A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault. Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-BVWLabH2 Topics: business, mining
  18. (geology) A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Geology Translations (geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks): ⁧جَيْبْ نَافِذ⁩ (jayb nāfiḏ) [masculine] (Arabic), Gesteinsgang [masculine] (German), haránttelér (Hungarian), dejk (Hungarian), dingeán [masculine] (Irish), dicco [masculine] (Italian), dajka [feminine] (Polish), dique [masculine] (Spanish), gång [common-gender] (Swedish), dayk (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-zQVXJADG Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks': 2 2 10 12 6 8 4 8 1 9 3 3 4 3 1 1 7 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dike (english: standard US spelling) Synonyms (any embankment): bank, embankment, earthwork Synonyms (long, narrow excavation): ditch, trench, fosse Related terms: ditch, dig
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'any embankment': 1 1 16 17 10 10 1 13 0 8 10 3 9 1 0 0 0 1 Disambiguation of 'long, narrow excavation': 32 33 1 1 1 5 0 3 1 3 0 2 3 3 2 2 5 4 Derived forms: busy as a dyke in a hardware store, Devil's Dyke, dry-stone dyke, dyke-back, dyke bottom, dyke louper, dyke phase, dyke-phase, dyke road, dyke-rock, dyke swarm, dyke-swarm, dyke up, fail dyke, February fill-dyke, fill-dyke, finger in the dyke, King's Dyke

Noun

Forms: dykes [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Attested since the 1940s (in Berrey and Van den Bark’s 1942 American Thesaurus of Slang) or 30s. Semantic development from dyke (“ditch”) has been proposed, and some sources from the 1890s are said to record dyke as slang for "vulva" and hedge of the dyke as slang for "pubic hair", but Green's Dictionary of Slang says this is not found in connection to lesbianism and Dictionary.com considers a connection unlikely. Bull dyke / bulldike is attested earlier, in reference to women since at least the 1920s (the 29 July 1892 Decatur Daily Review in Illinois mentions a woman who "won the affections of Harvey Neal, alias 'Bulldyke'", whose gender is unclear); compare dike (“noun: well-dressed man; verb: be well dressed”)), bulldyker, and bulldyking, which are all attested earlier than bare dyke, e.g. in Parke's 1906 Human Sexuality, in the speech of Philadelphians, and backcountry Black Americans. Compare bulldagger, attested since around the same time and used especially by Black women. Other linguists suggested that bull dyke(r) referred to strong Black women who dug dikes, or derived from bull + dick, perhaps in reference to Black men. It has also been suggested dyke is a shortening of morphodyke, from morphodite, from hermaphrodite, but the derivation may go in the other direction instead, with morphodyke being a blend of morphodite with the already-extant word dyke. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|dyke||ditch}} dyke (“ditch”), {{m|en|bull dyke|Bull dyke}} Bull dyke, {{m|en|bulldike}} bulldike, {{m|en|dike||noun: well-dressed man; verb: be well dressed}} dike (“noun: well-dressed man; verb: be well dressed”), {{m|en|bulldyker}} bulldyker, {{m|en|bulldyking}} bulldyking, {{m|en|bulldagger}} bulldagger, {{m|en|bull}} bull, {{m|en|dick}} dick, {{m|en|morphodyke}} morphodyke, {{quote-book|en|author=Sterling K. Eisiminger|publisher=Peter Lang Pub Incorporated|text=Archibald Hill suggests that both dike and dyke are respectively clipped forms of morphodite and morphodyke, themselves clipped and mispronounced forms of hermaphrodite (A.S. 57.1).|title=The Consequence of Error and Other Language Essays|year=1991}} 1991, Sterling K. Eisiminger, The Consequence of Error and Other Language Essays, Peter Lang Pub Incorporated: Archibald Hill suggests that both dike and dyke are respectively clipped forms of morphodite and morphodyke, themselves clipped and mispronounced forms of hermaphrodite (A.S. 57.1). Head templates: {{en-noun}} dyke (plural dykes)
  1. (slang, usually derogatory, offensive) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior. Tags: derogatory, offensive, slang, usually Translations (masculine lesbian — see also lesbian): betonlebbe [common-gender] (Danish), rekkalesbo (Finnish), gouine [feminine] (French), Kampflesbe [feminine] (German), sapatão [feminine] (Portuguese), кобёл (kobjól) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-EWioVCdg Disambiguation of 'masculine lesbian — see also lesbian': 91 9
  2. (slang, usually derogatory, loosely, offensive) A non-heterosexual woman. Tags: broadly, derogatory, offensive, slang, usually
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-noun-o1~35LyH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dike (english: standard US spelling), female homosexual Derived forms: bi-dyke, big dyke energy, bull dyke, designer dyke, diesel dyke, dyke out, troglodyke, tryke
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /daɪk/ Forms: dykes [present, singular, third-person], dyking [participle, present], dyked [participle, past], dyked [past]
Rhymes: -aɪk Etymology: A variant of dike, from Northern Middle English dik and dike (“ditch”), from Old Norse díki (“ditch”). Influenced by Middle Dutch dijc (“ditch; dam”) and Middle Low German dīk (“dam”). See also ditch. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeygʷ-}}, {{m|en|dike}} dike, {{der|en|enm|dik}} Middle English dik, {{m|enm|dike||ditch}} dike (“ditch”), {{der|en|non|díki||ditch}} Old Norse díki (“ditch”), {{der|en|dum|dijc||ditch; dam}} Middle Dutch dijc (“ditch; dam”), {{der|en|gml|dīk||dam}} Middle Low German dīk (“dam”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} dyke (third-person singular simple present dykes, present participle dyking, simple past and past participle dyked)
  1. (transitive or intransitive) To dig, particularly to create a ditch. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-verb-lqp8r0sA
  2. (transitive) To surround with a ditch, to entrench. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-verb-BNd5OcQ3
  3. (transitive, Scotland) To surround with a low dirt or stone wall. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-verb-qnN4vVXz Categories (other): Scottish English
  4. (transitive or intransitive) To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-verb-GfAQnXbq
  5. (transitive) To scour a watercourse. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-verb-QcjTcA2D
  6. (transitive) To steep [fibers] within a watercourse. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dyke-en-verb-F-HGZhTb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dike (english: standard US spelling)
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1977, Ian Slack-Smith, “The Passing of the Twin Seater”, in The Cubbaroo Tales",
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        "(now chiefly Australia, slang) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory."
      ],
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        "Australia",
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An embankment formed by the creation of a ditch."
      ],
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        [
          "embankment",
          "embankment"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "creation",
          "creation"
        ],
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kanavka",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "канавка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otvodnitelen kanal",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "word": "отводнителен канал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sloot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "word": "vallihauta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fossé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Graben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fosso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trincheira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stóčnaja kanáva",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сто́чная кана́ва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kanáva",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кана́ва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rov",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ров"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 9 10 4 7 1 25 1 9 4 3 6 3 1 2 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tranšéja",
          "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "транше́я"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Heraldry",
          "orig": "en:Heraldry",
          "parents": [
            "History",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 82",
          "text": "Inchbrakie gives for Arms, Or, a Dyke (or Wall) Feſsways, broke down in ſome places, and in Baſe a Roſe Gules, on a chief Sable three Eſcalops of the firſt. The Dyke (or Wall) here, is aſſumed not only to difference, but to perpetuate the valiant Action of Graham before mentioned; in throwing down the Wall and Ditch, which the Romans made betwixt Forth and Clyde, to keep out the Scots, [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 608",
          "text": "Wall, (sometimes called a dyke, fr. mur) : this is generally found in connection with castles or towns which are walled (muraillé). A wall of which kind should be masoned (fr. maçonné) and embattled (fr. crenellé), even though this be not specified. [...] Or, a dyke [or wall] fesswise [masoned proper] broken down in some places gules; [...] —Graham, Inchbrakie, Scotland [similar arms borne by Græme of Stapleton].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023-02-21, Nick Aitken, Dry Stone Walling - Materials and Techniques, The Crowood Press",
          "text": "The Galloway Dyke / In southwest Scotland there is a local style of dry stone dyke that is now recognized as 'the Galloway dyke', although when this pattern of was first developed, it was simply described as 'the sheep dyke'.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wall, especially (obsolete outside heraldry) a masoned city or castle wall."
      ],
      "id": "en-dyke-en-noun-pPY-pBGb",
      "links": [
        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ],
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023-02-21, Nick Aitken, Dry Stone Walling - Materials and Techniques, The Crowood Press",
          "text": "The Galloway Dyke / In southwest Scotland there is a local style of dry stone dyke that is now recognized as 'the Galloway dyke', although when this pattern of was first developed, it was simply described as 'the sheep dyke'.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker."
      ],
      "id": "en-dyke-en-noun-gU0Likeu",
      "links": [
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "embankment",
          "embankment"
        ],
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ],
        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ],
        [
          "serving",
          "serving"
        ],
        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
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        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ],
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          "marker",
          "marker"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Any fence or hedge."
      ],
      "id": "en-dyke-en-noun-f2MFTd4s",
      "links": [
        [
          "Any",
          "any"
        ],
        [
          "fence",
          "fence"
        ],
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          "hedge",
          "hedge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect) Any fence or hedge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1891, Susan Hale, The Story of Nations: Mexico, page 100",
          "text": "The king of Texcuco advised the building of a great dike, so thick and strong as to keep out the water.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers."
      ],
      "id": "en-dyke-en-noun-sdoKn65V",
      "links": [
        [
          "earthwork",
          "earthwork"
        ],
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "inundation",
          "inundation"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "flood",
          "flood"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty."
      ],
      "id": "en-dyke-en-noun-5wfN7HpM",
      "links": [
        [
          "Any",
          "any"
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        [
          "impediment",
          "impediment"
        ],
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          "barrier"
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        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 3 5 0 2 1 12 0 3 46 6 3 3 4 4",
          "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
          "word": "bank"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 3 5 0 2 1 12 0 3 46 6 3 3 4 4",
          "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
          "word": "embankment"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 3 5 0 2 1 12 0 3 46 6 3 3 4 4",
          "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
          "word": "dam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 3 5 0 2 1 12 0 3 46 6 3 3 4 4",
          "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
          "word": "levee"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 3 5 0 2 1 12 0 3 46 6 3 3 4 4",
          "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
          "word": "breakwater"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 3 5 0 2 1 12 0 3 46 6 3 3 4 4",
          "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
          "word": "floodwall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 3 5 0 2 1 12 0 3 46 6 3 3 4 4",
          "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
          "word": "seawall"
        }
      ],
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        "UK",
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ambartak",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "ամբարտակ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "diga",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дига"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hráz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dige"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "digo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "tamm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "tulvapato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "digue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳašxali",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "კაშხალი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zɣudari",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "ზღუდარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ǯebiri",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "ჯებირი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sagubari",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "საგუბარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣q̇alsac̣evi",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "წყალსაწევი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Deich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ándēron",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ἄνδηρον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cladán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "argine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "barriera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "terrapieno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "teibō",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "堤防"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "duk",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "둑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "dambis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kanač",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "канач"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "trapište",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "трапиште"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "ahuriri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Daum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dámba",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "да́мба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "word": "đê"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 6 0 24 35 6 3 3 4 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clawdd"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A beaver's dam."
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      "id": "en-dyke-en-noun-oD0P4pC1",
      "links": [
        [
          "beaver",
          "beaver"
        ],
        [
          "dam",
          "dam"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A jetty; a pier."
      ],
      "id": "en-dyke-en-noun-hGBu2LEI",
      "links": [
        [
          "jetty",
          "jetty"
        ],
        [
          "pier",
          "pier"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect) A jetty; a pier."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A raised causeway."
      ],
      "id": "en-dyke-en-noun-hs66p5Ae",
      "links": [
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "causeway",
          "causeway"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mining",
          "orig": "en:Mining",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault."
      ],
      "id": "en-dyke-en-noun-BVWLabH2",
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
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        ],
        [
          "fissure",
          "fissure"
        ],
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ],
        [
          "stratum",
          "stratum"
        ],
        [
          "fill",
          "fill"
        ],
        [
          "intrusive",
          "intrusive"
        ],
        [
          "fault",
          "fault"
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "dik"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English dik",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "dike",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ditch"
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "ditch"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "dum",
        "3": "dijc",
        "4": "",
        "5": "ditch; dam"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "dīk",
        "4": "",
        "5": "dam"
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      "name": "der"
    }
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    {
      "form": "dykes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "dig"
    }
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
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        "A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker."
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          "narrow",
          "narrow"
        ],
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          "hollow",
          "hollow"
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        [
          "dug",
          "dug"
        ],
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
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          "boundary",
          "boundary"
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          "marker",
          "marker"
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        "(historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "historical"
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      "glosses": [
        "A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water."
      ],
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          "long"
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          "narrow",
          "narrow"
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          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "dug",
          "dug"
        ],
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "conduct",
          "conduct"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any navigable watercourse."
      ],
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        [
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          "any"
        ],
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          "navigable",
          "navigable"
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          "watercourse",
          "watercourse"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect) Any navigable watercourse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any watercourse."
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        [
          "Any",
          "any"
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          "watercourse",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect) Any watercourse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any small body of water."
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        [
          "Any",
          "any"
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        [
          "small",
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          "body",
          "body"
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          "water",
          "water"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect) Any small body of water."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any hollow dug into the ground."
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        [
          "Any",
          "any"
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          "hollow",
          "hollow"
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        [
          "dug",
          "dug"
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          "ground",
          "ground"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Any hollow dug into the ground."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1977, Ian Slack-Smith, “The Passing of the Twin Seater”, in The Cubbaroo Tales",
          "text": "In Cubbaroo's dim distant past\nThey built a double dyke.\nBack to back in the yard it stood\nAn architectural dream in wood.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory."
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          "place",
          "place"
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          "urinate",
          "urinate"
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          "defecate",
          "defecate"
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        [
          "outhouse",
          "outhouse"
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        [
          "lavatory",
          "lavatory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly Australia, slang) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An embankment formed by the creation of a ditch."
      ],
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        [
          "embankment",
          "embankment"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "creation",
          "creation"
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        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Heraldry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1722, Alexander Nisbet, A System of Heraldry Speculative and Practical, page 82",
          "text": "Inchbrakie gives for Arms, Or, a Dyke (or Wall) Feſsways, broke down in ſome places, and in Baſe a Roſe Gules, on a chief Sable three Eſcalops of the firſt. The Dyke (or Wall) here, is aſſumed not only to difference, but to perpetuate the valiant Action of Graham before mentioned; in throwing down the Wall and Ditch, which the Romans made betwixt Forth and Clyde, to keep out the Scots, [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 608",
          "text": "Wall, (sometimes called a dyke, fr. mur) : this is generally found in connection with castles or towns which are walled (muraillé). A wall of which kind should be masoned (fr. maçonné) and embattled (fr. crenellé), even though this be not specified. [...] Or, a dyke [or wall] fesswise [masoned proper] broken down in some places gules; [...] —Graham, Inchbrakie, Scotland [similar arms borne by Græme of Stapleton].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023-02-21, Nick Aitken, Dry Stone Walling - Materials and Techniques, The Crowood Press",
          "text": "The Galloway Dyke / In southwest Scotland there is a local style of dry stone dyke that is now recognized as 'the Galloway dyke', although when this pattern of was first developed, it was simply described as 'the sheep dyke'.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A wall, especially (obsolete outside heraldry) a masoned city or castle wall."
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        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ],
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023-02-21, Nick Aitken, Dry Stone Walling - Materials and Techniques, The Crowood Press",
          "text": "The Galloway Dyke / In southwest Scotland there is a local style of dry stone dyke that is now recognized as 'the Galloway dyke', although when this pattern of was first developed, it was simply described as 'the sheep dyke'.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "embankment",
          "embankment"
        ],
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
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        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ],
        [
          "serving",
          "serving"
        ],
        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
        ],
        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ],
        [
          "marker",
          "marker"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any fence or hedge."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Any",
          "any"
        ],
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          "fence",
          "fence"
        ],
        [
          "hedge",
          "hedge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect) Any fence or hedge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1891, Susan Hale, The Story of Nations: Mexico, page 100",
          "text": "The king of Texcuco advised the building of a great dike, so thick and strong as to keep out the water.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earthwork",
          "earthwork"
        ],
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "inundation",
          "inundation"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "flood",
          "flood"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Any",
          "any"
        ],
        [
          "impediment",
          "impediment"
        ],
        [
          "barrier",
          "barrier"
        ],
        [
          "difficulty",
          "difficulty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A beaver's dam."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beaver",
          "beaver"
        ],
        [
          "dam",
          "dam"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A jetty; a pier."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jetty",
          "jetty"
        ],
        [
          "pier",
          "pier"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect) A jetty; a pier."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A raised causeway."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "causeway",
          "causeway"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "en:Mining"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault."
      ],
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        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ],
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          "fissure",
          "fissure"
        ],
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ],
        [
          "stratum",
          "stratum"
        ],
        [
          "fill",
          "fill"
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          "intrusive"
        ],
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          "fault"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect, mining) A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Geology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1968, Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, page 148",
          "text": "Their exact relationship to the host-rock is obscure but from their texture and observed metamorphic relationship they are thought to be intrusive dykes rather than intercalations of more basic lava.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ],
        [
          "usually",
          "usually"
        ],
        [
          "igneous",
          "igneous"
        ],
        [
          "originally",
          "originally"
        ],
        [
          "fill",
          "fill"
        ],
        [
          "fissure",
          "fissure"
        ],
        [
          "now",
          "now"
        ],
        [
          "often",
          "often"
        ],
        [
          "rising",
          "rising"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ],
        [
          "stratum",
          "stratum"
        ],
        [
          "it",
          "it"
        ],
        [
          "erode",
          "erode"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology) A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/daɪk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪk"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "long, narrow excavation",
      "word": "ditch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "long, narrow excavation",
      "word": "trench"
    },
    {
      "sense": "long, narrow excavation",
      "word": "fosse"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small body of water",
      "word": "puddle"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small body of water",
      "word": "pond"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small body of water",
      "word": "pool"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small body of water",
      "word": "lakelet"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small body of water",
      "word": "mere"
    },
    {
      "sense": "any hollow",
      "word": "den"
    },
    {
      "sense": "any hollow",
      "word": "cave"
    },
    {
      "sense": "any hollow",
      "word": "hole"
    },
    {
      "sense": "any hollow",
      "word": "pit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "any embankment",
      "word": "bank"
    },
    {
      "sense": "any embankment",
      "word": "embankment"
    },
    {
      "sense": "any embankment",
      "word": "earthwork"
    },
    {
      "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
      "word": "bank"
    },
    {
      "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
      "word": "embankment"
    },
    {
      "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
      "word": "dam"
    },
    {
      "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
      "word": "levee"
    },
    {
      "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
      "word": "breakwater"
    },
    {
      "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
      "word": "floodwall"
    },
    {
      "sense": "barrier of stone or earth",
      "word": "seawall"
    },
    {
      "english": "standard US spelling",
      "word": "dike"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kanavka",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "канавка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otvodnitelen kanal",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "word": "отводнителен канал"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sloot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "word": "vallihauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fossé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Graben"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fosso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trincheira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stóčnaja kanáva",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сто́чная кана́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kanáva",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кана́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rov",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ров"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tranšéja",
      "sense": "ditch and bank running alongside each other",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "транше́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ambartak",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "ամբարտակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diga",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дига"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hráz"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dige"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "digo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "tamm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "tulvapato"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "digue"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳašxali",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "კაშხალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zɣudari",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "ზღუდარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯebiri",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "ჯებირი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sagubari",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "საგუბარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣q̇alsac̣evi",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "წყალსაწევი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Deich"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ándēron",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "ἄνδηρον"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cladán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terrapieno"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teibō",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "堤防"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "duk",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "둑"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "dambis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kanač",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "канач"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trapište",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "трапиште"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "ahuriri"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Daum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dique"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dámba",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "да́мба"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dique"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "word": "đê"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "barrier to prevent flooding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clawdd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jayb nāfiḏ",
      "sense": "geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧جَيْبْ نَافِذ⁩"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gesteinsgang"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks",
      "word": "haránttelér"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks",
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    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dingeán"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dicco"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks",
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      ],
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dique"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "geology: body of once igneous rock injected into older rocks",
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        "To surround with a low dirt or stone wall."
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        [
          "stone",
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          "wall",
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        "(transitive, Scotland) To surround with a low dirt or stone wall."
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        "To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river."
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          "raise"
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          "protective",
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
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        "To steep [fibers] within a watercourse."
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        [
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          "watercourse",
          "watercourse"
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    {
      "ipa": "/daɪk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪk"
    }
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    }
  ],
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}

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      "word": "bi-dyke"
    },
    {
      "word": "big dyke energy"
    },
    {
      "word": "bull dyke"
    },
    {
      "word": "designer dyke"
    },
    {
      "word": "diesel dyke"
    },
    {
      "word": "dyke out"
    },
    {
      "word": "troglodyke"
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    {
      "word": "tryke"
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      "args": {
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        "English slang"
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        "A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior."
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        "(slang, usually derogatory, offensive) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior."
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        "A non-heterosexual woman."
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        "(slang, usually derogatory, loosely, offensive) A non-heterosexual woman."
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "masculine lesbian — see also lesbian",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "betonlebbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "masculine lesbian — see also lesbian",
      "word": "rekkalesbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "masculine lesbian — see also lesbian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gouine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "masculine lesbian — see also lesbian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kampflesbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "masculine lesbian — see also lesbian",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sapatão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kobjól",
      "sense": "masculine lesbian — see also lesbian",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кобёл"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dyke (slang)",
    "Green's Dictionary of Slang"
  ],
  "word": "dyke"
}

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