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.
noun
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.
Any navigable watercourse.
Any watercourse.
Any small body of water.
verb
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.
To surround with a ditch, to entrench.
To surround with a low dirt or stone wall.
To raise a protective earthwork against a sea or river.
To scour a watercourse.
noun
A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior.
A non-heterosexual woman.
A masculine woman.