dike

noun

1. (US, alt-of, standard)US standard spelling of dyke.

   “In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orange and his followers opened the city's protective dikes to flush out—literally—the surrounding Spanish forces.”

2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
3. (US, dialectal, obsolete, slang)Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.

verb

1. (US, alt-of, standard)US standard spelling of dyke.

   “Lakeside water-filtration plants, an 11,000-acre diked airport east of 55th Street, slash-and-bulldoze highway projects through Jackson and Lincoln parks—these and many another grandiose project leapt from the sketchbooks of city planners.”

   “In 1983, dictator Nicolae Ceausescu decreed that the Romanian Danube delta, one of Europe's largest wetlands, be diked for growing rice and maize.”

2. (US, dialectal, obsolete, slang)To be well dressed.

name

1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a dike.
2. (Greek)The goddess/personification of justice, order and judgement and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Justitia.
3. 99 Dike, a main belt asteroid.
4. (poetic)justice, order and judgement.