fill-dike
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- Alternative form of February fill-dike
- [2011, Michael Judge, “100 Words Concerning Rain”, in The Dance of Time, →ISBN, page 104:
- 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.]