Dyke (UK) or dike (US) may refer to:
General uses
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Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian"
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Dike (geology)
A dike or dyke, in Geology, geological usage, is a sheet of rock that is formed in a Fracture (geology), fracture of a pre-existing rock body. Dikes can be either Intrusive rock, magmatic or Sedimentary rock, sedimentary in origin. Magmatic dikes ...
, a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment
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Dike (mythology), ''Dikē'', the Greek goddess of moral justice
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diagonal pliers, also called side-cutting pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others
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Dyke (automobile company)
Established in St.Louis in 1899 by A.L.Dyke (Andrew Lee Dyke), Dyke was the first American auto parts business. Dyke also sold early autos, kit car
A kit car is an automobile available as a set of parts that a manufacturer sells and the ...
, established 1899
Structures
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Dyke (embankment) or dike, a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels, often called a levee in American English
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Ditch, a water-filled drainage trench
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dry stone wall
People
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Dyke (surname) Dyke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Edwin Dyke (1842–1919), English clergyman and cricketer
* Greg Dyke (born 1947), former Director General of the BBC and current Chairman of Brentford Football Club
* John Dyke (rugby ...
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Dyke baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England
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Dykes (surname) Dykes is a British surname which is thought to 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 Sco ...
, a British surname found particularly in northern England
Places
Settlements
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Dike, Iowa
Dike is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,304 at the 2020 census, an increase of 38% over the total of 944 residents in 2000. It is part of the Waterloo– Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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Dykes, Missouri Dykes is an unincorporated community in southwest Texas County, Missouri, Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Dykes is located on Missouri Route 38, seven miles west of Houston, Missouri, Houston.
History
A post office called Dykes was es ...
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Dyke, Moray
Dyke ( gd, Dìg) is a small village situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 4 miles west of Forres. The origin of the name of the parish of Dyke is supposed to be the Gaelic word ''dìg'', signifying a water drain or ...
, Scotland
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Dike, Texas Dike is an unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Texas, United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It con ...
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Dyke, Virginia
Dyke is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Virginia, United States. It is located along Virginia Secondary State Route 810. In 2020, the small store in Dyke was replaced with a new larger store and gas station.
It is located near Sain ...
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Dyke, Lincolnshire
Dyke is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than east from the A15 road, and approximately 1 mile north-east from Bourne. Dyke is within Bourne civil parish.
The name Dyke arises from its l ...
, England
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Little Dyke, Nova Scotia, Canada
Earthworks
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Car Dyke, a Roman boundary ditch in Eastern England
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Devil's Dyke (disambiguation) Devil's Dyke may refer to:
* Devil's Dykes, a series of Roman fortifications between Hungary and Serbia
*Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire, an earthen barrier in eastern Cambridgeshire
*Devil's Dyke, Hertfordshire, a prehistoric defensive ditch in Hert ...
, one of several ancient embankments or ditches (or both)
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Foss Dyke, a Roman canal in England linking the River Trent to the River Witham at Lincoln
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Offa's Dyke, historic earthwork dividing Mercia and Wales
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Wansdyke (earthwork), dividing Wessex from the lands south west of it
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Wat's Dyke, An earthwork running through the northern Welsh Marches from Basingwerk Abbey to Maesbury
Geological features
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Great Dyke, a mineral-rich feature that runs through Zimbabwe
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Mount Desire Dyke
Mount Desire Dyke is designated place of geological significance. It is located north-east of Hawker in South Australia, on the edge of the Flinders Ranges. The dyke (or dike) is a rock structure where mobile material, being a breccia of rock sal ...
, an igneous intrusion in South Australia
See also
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Dyke & the Blazers, 1960s R&B group
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Van Dyke (disambiguation) Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke is an Americanized or anglicized form of the Dutch-language toponymic surname '' Van Dijk'', ''Van Dijke'', '' Van Dijck'', or ''Van Dyck''. Meaning living near the dike.
Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke may refer to:
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D-Yikes!
"D-Yikes!" is the sixth episode of the eleventh season and the 159th overall episode of the American animated sitcom '' South Park''. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 11, 2007. In the episode, frustrated with men, Mr ...
", an episode of ''South Park''
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99 Dike
Dike ( minor planet designation: 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. This object is named after Dike, the Greek goddess of moral ju ...
, an asteroid
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Winter Dyke
Winter Dyke or winterdyke or winter-dyke is a Scots word for a clothes horse used in drying clothing indoors. The word "dyke" means a wall or a fence made without mortar that was occasionally used for hanging laundry in the summer months.
The ...
, another name for a clothes horse
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