fill-dike

A form of February fill-dike — A rural appellation for the month of February, when rain or melting snow fills dykes with water.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of February fill-dike.

    The Anglo-Saxons called February several names: "Sprout-kale," from the sprouting of cabbage or kale, and "Fill-dike," when the rain and melting snow fills the ditches to overflowing.

    [2011, Michael Judge, “100 Words Concerning Rain”, in The Dance of Time, →ISBN, page 104

Origin

From fill + dike.

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APA

fill-dike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fill-dike

MLA

“fill-dike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fill-dike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fill-dike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fill-dike.

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