dike
noun
an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river.
undiked
-
a word derived from
dike.
Example Sentences
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And the avalanche, the undiked Ocean of the Wheat, leaping to the lash of the hurricane, struck him fairly in the face.
From The Pit by Frank Norris
Houses, churches, aqueducts went to ruin; roads were left unmended, rivers undiked.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
The tide went up St. John River with an impulse which flooded undiked lowlands, yet there was no storm dangerous to shipping.
From The Lady of Fort St. John by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
