February fill dyke, be it black or be it white
The month of February often brings rain or snow.
Regarding the season, there is an old proverb worthy noticing: February fill dike, be it black or be it white.
dyke
/daɪk/
noun 8verb 5name 4
Collocations
4ADJ.
double, live, near
VERB + DYKE
arms, built, called
DYKE + NOUN
fe, mur, wall
ADV.
sometimes
Definitions
noun
1
A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to serve as a boundary marker.
2
A long, narrow hollow dug from the ground to conduct water.
3
Any navigable watercourse.
4
Any watercourse.
5
Any small body of water.
verb
1
To dig, particularly to create a ditch.
He finds out, soon enough for his weal and his bane, that he is stronger than Nature: and right tyrannously and irreverently he lords it over her, clearing, delving, dyking, building, without fear or shame.
2
To surround with a ditch, to entrench.
3
To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.
4
To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.
5
To scour a watercourse.
noun
1
A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior.
2
A non-heterosexual woman.
3
A masculine woman.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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In Cubbaroo's dim distant past They built a double dyke. Back to back in the yard it stood An architectural dream in wood.
Wiktionary02
Inchbrakie gives for Arms, Or, a Dyke (or Wall) Feſsways, broke down in ſome places, and in Baſe a Roſe Gules, on a chief Sable three Eſcalops of the firſt. The Dyke (or Wall) here, is aſſumed not onl
Wiktionary03
Wall, (sometimes called a dyke, fr. mur) : this is generally found in connection with castles or towns which are walled (muraillé). A wall of which kind should be masoned (fr. maçonné) and embattled (
Wiktionary04
He finds out, soon enough for his weal and his bane, that he is stronger than Nature: and right tyrannously and irreverently he lords it over her, clearing, delving, dyking, building, without fear or
Wiktionary05
The dyke was repaired and the seawater was pumped out.
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I live near the dyke.
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