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A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

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  1. n. A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.
  2. n. An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.
  3. n. A wall of turf or stone.
  4. n. A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.
  5. v. t. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
  6. v. t. To drain by a dike or ditch.
  7. v. i. To work as a ditcher; to dig.
  8. n. (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
  9. n. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
  10. v. enclose with a dike
  11. A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion ofigneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.