Definition of "diked" [diked]

• Simple past tense and past participle of dike. (verb)

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• "He was "diked" in his new seersucker suit, and when the sun struck it, it began to draw up."
• "Any person man or boy, with one dollar in his pocket, though his clothes be patched and his hat seedy, is in better conditon and much to be preferred to the conditon of the one who has no money and who is "diked" up in good clothes and owes for them."
• "And although the river is diked to prevent seasonal flooding, when you have lowlands at the bottom of a mountain you can expect water at certain times of the year."