A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a dike.

(Greek mythology) 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.

(chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: ditch; embankment; waterway; etc.

(chiefly US) Alternative form of dyke: to dig a ditch; to raise an earthwork; etc.

(US dialect slang, obsolete) To be well dressed.

(US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man. / (US dialect slang, obsolete) Formalwear or other fashionable dress.

Alternative form of dyke: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.

plural of dike / (electricity, US, slang) Diagonal pliers.

simple past tense and past participle of dike

The process of building a dike.