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dyke

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dyke

IPA(Pronunciation)
/daɪk/
Noun
 UK historical dialectal obsolete Australia slang Scotland figuratively
(historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker. / A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water. / (dialect) Any navigable watercourse.
Japanese Meaning
（歴史的）境界の目印として掘られた、細長い溝。 / 水を導くために掘られた細長い溝。 / 方言で、航行可能な水路。
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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

村人たちは何世代にもわたって畑の境界を示してきた古い堀に沿って歩いた。

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Sense（1）
(historical) A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
Sense（2）
A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
Sense（3）
(dialect) Any navigable watercourse.
Sense（4）
(dialect) Any watercourse.
Sense（5）
(dialect) Any small body of water.
Sense（6）
(obsolete) Any hollow dug into the ground.
Sense（7）
(now chiefly Australia, slang) A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
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Sense（8）
An embankment formed by the creation of a ditch.
Sense（9）
(obsolete) A city wall.
Sense（10）
(now chiefly Scotland) A low embankment or stone wall serving as an enclosure and boundary marker.
Sense（11）
(dialect) Any fence or hedge.
Sense（12）
An earthwork raised to prevent inundation of low land by the sea or flooding rivers.
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Sense（13）
(figuratively) Any impediment, barrier, or difficulty.
Sense（14）
A beaver's dam.
Sense（15）
(dialect) A jetty; a pier.
Sense（16）
A raised causeway.
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(dialect, mining) A fissure in a rock stratum filled with intrusive rock; a fault.
Sense（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.
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