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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
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Chapter 58 Ding.

DIKE, DYK, s.

1. A wall, S.

Kelly.

2. A vein of whinstone, traversing the strata of coal, S.

Statist. Acc.

3. A ditch.

Wallace.

A. S. dic, Su. G. dike, id.

To Dyk, v. a. To inclose with ramparts or ditches.

Barbour.

Diker, Dyker, s. One who builds inclosures of stone, generally without lime; also dry-diker, S.

Stati

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