February fill-dike en · PROPN
Meanings
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A rural appellation for the month of February, when rain or melting snow fills dykes with water.
Doris, in her terror, had forgotten that February fill-dike is upon us
1997, Marion Kelsey, Victory Harvest: Diary of a Canadian in the Women's Land Army, page 174:January white, February fill-dike.
1851, Thomas Sternberg, The Dialect and Folk-lore of Northamptonshire:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| February fill-dyke | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fill-dike | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fill-dyke | alternative | lexicographic | |
| February fill dyke | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
February fill dyke, be it black or be it white
Translations (3)
es lluvioso febrero, año cebadero (rural appellation for the month of February) · ru февра́ль-водоле́й (rural appellation for the month of February) · es febrero, cebadero (rural appellation for the month of February)