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dykes, plural; dikes, plural;
  1. offensive. A lesbian

  1. butch: (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
  2. dike: enclose with a dike; "dike the land to protect it from water"
  3. dam: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
  4. Established in St.Louis in 1899 by A.L.Dyke, Dyke was the first American auto parts business. Dyke also sold early autos, kit car or assembled.
  5. A levee, levée, dike (or dyke), embankment, floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river or the coast.
  6. A dike or dyke in geology is a type of sheet intrusion referring to any geologic body that cuts discordantly across * planar wall rock structures, such as bedding or foliation * massive rock formations, like igneous/magmatic intrusions and salt diapirs.
  7. Dyke is slang terminology referring to a lesbian or lesbianism regardless of the person's actual sexual identity. Originally, it was a derogatory label for a masculine or butch woman, and this usage still exists. ...
  8. Dykes is a British surname which may originate from the hamlet of Dykesfield in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumbria in the north of England. Due to its close proximity to the English and Scottish borders, the surname Dykes has also been found in Scottish lowlands throughout the ages. ...
  9. Diagonal pliers (or wire cutters or diagonal cutting pliers) are pliers intended for the cutting of wire (they are generally not used to grab or turn anything). ...
  10. Alternative spelling of dike; (slang) A toilet; a ditch; a valley
  11. An artificial embankment constructed to prevent flooding.
  12. 1. A tabular body of igneous rock that cuts across the structure of adjacent rocks. 2. A structure with a wall to keep water out and a ditch, used to drain intertidal wetlands.
  13. lesbian. The term is used throughout the country and in the US etc. It is of unknown origin, but I like to think it comes from the story of the boy who stuck his finger in the dyke. Also see diesel dyke.
  14. Thin, tabular, vertical or near vertical body of igneous rock formed by the injection of magma into planar zones of weakness
  15. An intrusion of igneous rock that in three dimensions is tabular and sub-vertical. Dykes are commonly metres to tens of metres across - although really big ones can be well over a km wide (although they might be the product of multiple intrusion episodes).
  16. sleng naziv koji se odnosi na lezbijku ili lezbijstvo, bez obzira na stvaran seksualni identitet osobe. Izvorno je bio pogrdan naziv za maskuliniziranu ili butch ženu, koji se još uvijek koristi.
  17. An intrusive igneous body which has disrupted the coal seam by cutting through it. Usually it has a sintered band of coal each side of the rock.
  18. a sheet of intrusive rock that cuts across the surrounding rock.
  19. A long mass of eruptive rock, a dyke (vein) may consist of mineral deposits located between other rocks.
  20. A tabular body of intrusive igneous rock, crosscutting the host strata at a high angle.
  21. Used as a derogatory term applied to lesbian, bisexual, and queer women. Some have reclaimed this word as a symbol of pride and strength.
  22. Another term used to describe a lesbian.
  23. A long and relatively thin body of igneous rock that, while in the molten state, intruded a fissure in older rocks
  24. A sheet of intrusive igneous rock that cuts discordantly through other geological features.  Sedimentary dykes can also occur where sediment has filled cracks or been forced out of its original layer by fluid pressure.
  25. A sheet-like body of igneous rock which cuts across the bedding or structural planes of the host (older) rock.