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dike dyke. Maritimes

• 1 † n. an earthwork embankment equipped with aboiteaus to protect the land from the high tides of the Bay of Fundy.

  See also: aboiteau  

• 2 n. the fertile sea meadows protected by a dike (def. 1).

  See also: dike(d) land(s)