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marsh lands N.S. 
the fertile sea meadows protected by a dike (def. 1).
See also: dike (def. 1) dike(d) land(s)
- 1889 The Acadians reclaimed the fertile marsh lands from the sweep of the tides, by constructing dikes with much labour by means of wattled stakes and earthen embankements.
- 1957 Officially, then, the eight thousand five hundred acres of dyked lands around Minas Basin are marsh lands. . . .
- 1889 The Acadians reclaimed the fertile marsh lands from the sweep of the tides, by constructing dikes with much labour by means of wattled stakes and earthen embankements.