1) Anti-flood structure 2) Bank check 3) Bank edifice 4) Bank guard 5) Bank management aid 6) Bank manager 7) Bank that checks floods 8) Barrier along a bank 9) Barrier in holland 10) Benelux barrier 11) Big bank, of a sort 12) Big engineering project 13) Big water holder 14) Butch 15) Causeway 16) Dam of sorts
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1) Channel 2) Conduit 3) Dam 4) Dyke 5) Interval 6) Levee 7) Milldam 8) Weir
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• (v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig. • (v. t.) To drain by a dike or ditch. • (n.) An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee. • (n.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata. • (n.) A wall of turf or stone. • (v. t.) To surroun...
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(Tramway, Tram, Levee) An embankment or dam made to prevent flooding by the sea, a river/stream, or lake. The embankment is often used as a trail.
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(from the article `Greek law`) ...the Greek view, the trial served to determine the justification of a claim to seize the defendant`s person or belongings or both by way of an ...
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(from the article `harbours and sea works`) A prime example of the first purpose was the enclosure in 1926–32, by means of a dike some 17 miles in length, of a large inlet known as the ... [3 related articles]
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in geology, tabular or sheetlike igneous body that is often oriented vertically or steeply inclined to the bedding of preexisting intruded rocks; ... [5 related articles]
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one of the Horae and personification of fair judgment according to custom.
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Ancient Greek concept of Justice, at times personified, typically as one of the
Horae (goddesses of the seasons) with Peace (Irene) and Good Order (Eunomia), daughters of Themis and Zeus. ...
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An embankment (usually of earth) constructed to keep water in or out of a given area. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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A sheetlike body of igneous rock that cuts across layering or contacts in the rock into which it intrudes.
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(1) (Engineering) An embankment to confine or control water, especially one built along the banks of a river to prevent overflow of lowlands; a levee. (2) A low wall that can act as a barrier to prevent a spill from spreading. (3) (Geology) A tabular body of igneous (formed by volcanic action) rock that cuts across the structure of adjacent rocks o...
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A discordant pluton that is substantially wider than it is thick. Dikes are often steeply inclined or nearly vertical. See also sill. dilatancy The expansion of a rock's volume caused by stress and deformation.
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Dike (dī)
noun [ Middle English
dic ,
dike ,
diche , ditch, Anglo-Saxon
dīc dike, ditch; akin to Dutch
dijk dike, German
deich , and probably
teich pond, Icelandic
dīki dike, ditch, Danish
dige ; perhaps akin to Gre...
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Dike intransitive verb To work as a ditcher; to dig. [ Obsolete] « He would thresh and thereto
dike and delve.»
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Dike transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Diked ;
present participle & verbal noun Diking .] [ Middle English
diken ,
dichen , Anglo-Saxon
dīcian to dike. See
Dike .]
1. To surround o...
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A tabular intrusive rock that occurs across strata or other structural features of the surrounding rock.
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Dike was the attendant of justice to Nemesis.
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In geology, a dike or dyke is a term applied to intrusions of igneous rock, such as basalt, greenstone, etc, which fill up veins and fissures in the stratified systems, and sometimes project on the surface like walls.
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Dike The Greek goddess of moral justice.
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Earth used for controlling water
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A patented flexible seal to prevent blow-by in core boxes.
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A low wall that can act as a barrier to prevent a spill from spreading.
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dyke verb enclose with a dike; `dike the land to protect it from water`
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A tabular igneous intrusion that cuts across the surrounding rock.
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