Dyke
Encyclopedia
Dyke or dike may refer to:
  • A levee
    Levee
    A levee, levée, dike , embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels...

    , a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels
  • A ditch
    Ditch
    A ditch is usually defined as a small to moderate depression created to channel water.In Anglo-Saxon, the word dïc already existed and was pronounced 'deek' in northern England and 'deetch' in the south. The origins of the word lie in digging a trench and forming the upcast soil into a bank...

    , a water filled drainage trench
  • A regional term for a dry stone
    Dry stone
    Dry stone is a building method by which structures are constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together. Dry stone structures are stable because of their unique construction method, which is characterized by the presence of a load-bearing facade of carefully selected interlocking...

     wall
  • Dike (geology)
    Dike (geology)
    A dike or dyke in geology is a type of sheet intrusion referring to any geologic body that cuts discordantly across* planar wall rock structures, such as bedding or foliation...

    , a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment
  • Dikes, diagonal pliers
    Diagonal pliers
    Diagonal pliers are pliers intended for the cutting of wire . They are sometimes called side cutting pliers or side cutters, although these terms are shared by other pliers designs, such as lineman's pliers, and may lead to confusion...

    , a hand tool used by electricians and others
  • Dyking out, a slang term for a uniform or dressing assistant at Virginia Military Institute and other military schools or colleges
  • Dike (mythology)
    Dike (mythology)
    In ancient Greek culture, Dikē was the spirit of moral order and fair judgement based on immemorial custom, in the sense of socially enforced norms and conventional rules. According to Hesiod In ancient Greek culture, Dikē (Greek: Δίκη, English translation: "justice") was the spirit of moral...

    , the Greek goddess of moral justice
  • 99 Dike
    99 Dike
    99 Dike is a quite large and dark main-belt asteroid. Dike was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on May 28, 1868. It was his first asteroid discovery. It is named after Dike, the Greek goddess of moral justice.-References:...

    , an asteroid
  • D-Yikes!
    D-Yikes!
    "D-Yikes!" is episode 1106 of Comedy Central's animated comedy series South Park, first aired on April 11, 2007. The episode is rated TV-MA, and is a parody of the film 300.-Plot:When the episode begins, Mrs...

    , an episode of South Park
  • Dyke (slang)
    Dyke (slang)
    Dyke is slang terminology referring to a lesbian or lesbianism. It originated as a derogatory label for a masculine woman, and this usage still exists. However, some attempt to use it in a manner they see as positive, or simply as a neutral synonym for lesbian...

    , a vulgarism
    Vulgarism
    A vulgarism , also called scurrility, is a colloquialism of an unpleasant action or unrefined character, which substitutes a coarse, indecorous word where the context might lead the reader to expect a more refined expression.-See also:*Euphemism*Grotesque body*Ribaldry, scatology, toilet...

     meaning "lesbian"
  • Dyke (car), a brass era automobile
  • Dyke & the Blazers
    Dyke & the Blazers
    Dyke and the Blazers was an influential American funk band led by Arlester Christian . The band was formed in 1965 and recorded until 1971, when Christian was shot dead...

     - the 1960s
    1960s
    The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. It was the seventh decade of the 20th century.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends across the globe...

     R&B-group

Names

  • Dykes (surname)
    Dykes (surname)
    Dykes is a British surname which may originate from the hamlet of Dykesfield in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumbria in the north of England. Due to its close proximity to the English and Scottish borders, the surname Dykes has also been found in Scottish lowlands throughout the ages.The first family to bear...

    , a British surname found particularly in northern England
  • Dyke Baronets
    Dyke Baronets
    The Dyke Baronetcy, of Horeham in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 3 March 1677 for Thomas Dyke, Commissioner of Public Accounts and Member of Parliament for Sussex and East Grinstead. The second Baronet married Anne, daughter and heiress of Percival...

    , a title in the Baronetage of England

People

  • D.L. Dykes, Jr. (1917–1997), Louisiana Methodist clergyman
  • Greg Dyke
    Greg Dyke
    Gregory "Greg" Dyke is a British media executive, journalist and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing 'tabloid' television to British broadcasting, and reviving the ratings of TV-am...

     (born 1947), former Director General of the BBC and current Chairman of Brentford Football Club
  • Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes
    Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes
    Hugh John Maxwell Dykes, Baron Dykes, born 17 May 1939 to Richard and Doreen Dykes is a British politician. He is a Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.-Education:...

     (born 1939), a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
  • John Bacchus Dykes
    John Bacchus Dykes
    John Bacchus Dykes was an English clergyman and hymnist.-Biography:...

     (1823–1876), an English clergyman and hymnist
  • John Dyke (rugby player)
    John Dyke (rugby player)
    John Charles Meredith Dyke is a former international rugby union fullback. Dyke made his debut for Wales on 1 December 1906 versus South Africa and was selected for the 1908 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia...

     (1884–1960), Wales international rugby union player
  • John and Jennie Dyke
    John and Jennie Dyke
    John and Jennie Dyke are an American husband-and-wife team who created unusual delta-wing aircraft in the 1960s. They flew the JD-1 in 1964, and followed it two years later with the JD-2, which became known simply as the Dyke Delta. This aircraft was marketed for homebuilding for many years, with...

    , American aircraft designers
  • Keilen Dykes
    Keilen Dykes
    Keilen Lee Dykes is an American football defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals, he was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at West Virginia.-Early years:...

     (born 1984), American football player
  • William Dyke (born 1930), mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
  • Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet (1837–1931)
  • John Dyke, lead singer of German synthpop band Dyko
    Dyko
    Dyko is a German electronica/synthpop duo from Frankfurt. Dyko is composed of John Barrie Dyke, vocalist and e-drummer and Christofer Jost, keyboardist and guitarist.-Biography:...


Settlements

  • Dike, Iowa
    Dike, Iowa
    Dike is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,209 at the 2010 census an increase of 28% increase from 944 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Dike was named for railroad construction engineer Chester Thomas...

    , United States
  • Dike, Texas
    Dike, Texas
    Dike is an unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. Although it is unincorporated, Dike has a post office, with the ZIP code of 75437.-References:...

    , United States
  • Dyke, Virginia
    Dyke, Virginia
    Dyke is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Virginia, United States.-References:*...

    , United States
  • Dyke, Lincolnshire
    Dyke, Lincolnshire
    Dyke is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies within the civil parish of Bourne.The name Dyke arises from its lying on Car Dyke, a once much larger Roman ditch, which runs along the western edge of The Fens...

    , England
  • Little Dyke, Nova Scotia
    Little Dyke, Nova Scotia
    Little Dyke is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Colchester County.-References:*...

    , Canada
  • Dyke, Moray
    Dyke, Moray
    Dyke is a small village located near Forres. It is situated near to Culbin Forest and the village also has its own primary school. The parish was known in Gaelic as 'Sgìre Dhìg'....

    , Scotland

Earthworks

  • Car Dyke
    Car Dyke
    The Car Dyke was, and to large extent still is, an eighty-five mile long ditch which runs along the western edge of the Fens in eastern England. It is generally accepted as being of Roman age and, for many centuries, to have been taken as marking the western edge of the Fens...

    , a Roman boundary ditch in Eastern England
  • Offa's Dyke
    Offa's Dyke
    Offa's Dyke is a massive linear earthwork, roughly followed by some of the current border between England and Wales. In places, it is up to wide and high. In the 8th century it formed some kind of delineation between the Anglian kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys...

    , historic earthwork dividing Mercia and Wales
  • Wansdyke (earthwork)
    Wansdyke (earthwork)
    Wansdyke is a series of early medieval defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of England, consisting of a ditch and a running embankment from the ditch spoil, with the ditching facing north. It runs at least from Maes Knoll in historic Somerset, a hillfort at the east end of Dundry Hill...

    , dividing Wessex from the lands south west of it
  • Devil's Dyke (disambiguation), one of several ancient embankments or ditches (or both)
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