"fill-dyke" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998 February 25, Susan Crewe, “From the Editor”, in House & Garden (UK edition), volume 53, number 2 (whole number 559)",
          "text": "Even Anglo-Saxon spin doctors gave up when it came to giving February a good name. Our ancestors called this dreary month 'Sprout-Kale', on account of cabbages being the only things that were showing signs of life. When they weren't saying things like, 'I'll be glad when Sprout-Kale is over,' they were grumbling, 'Fill-Dyke is wetter than usual' because that was another term they used for this depressing time of year.",
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          "ref": "[2016, Melissa Harrison, Rain: Four Walks in English Weather",
          "text": "Fill-dyke: February, the month of rainfall]",
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