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fill-dike en · PROPN

Etymology

From fill + dike.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of February fill-dike.
   alt 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:

Relateds

fill-dyke