# Dyke

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**Dyke** or **dike** may refer to:

## General uses

- [Dyke (slang)](/source/Dyke_(slang)), a slang word meaning "lesbian"
- [Dike (geology)](/source/Dike_(geology)), formations of magma or sediment that cut through and across the layering of adjacent rocks
- [Dike (mythology)](/source/Dike_(mythology)), *Dikē*, the Greek goddess of moral justice
- Dikes, [diagonal pliers](/source/Diagonal_pliers), also called side-cutting pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others
- [Dyke (automobile company)](/source/Dyke_(automobile_company)), established 1899

## Structures

- [Levee](/source/Levee), a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels
- [Ditch](/source/Ditch), a water-filled drainage trench
- A regional term for a [dry stone](/source/Dry_stone) wall

## People

- [Dyke (surname)](/source/Dyke_(surname))
- [Dyke baronets](/source/Dyke_baronets), a title in the Baronetage of England
- [Dykes (surname)](/source/Dykes_(surname)), a British surname found particularly in northern England

## Places

### Settlements

- [Dike, Iowa](/source/Dike,_Iowa), United States
- [Dykes, Missouri](/source/Dykes,_Missouri), United States
- [Dyke, Moray](/source/Dyke,_Moray), Scotland
- [Dike, Texas](/source/Dike,_Texas), United States
- [Dyke, Virginia](/source/Dyke,_Virginia), United States
- [Dyke, Lincolnshire](/source/Dyke,_Lincolnshire), England
- [Little Dyke](/source/Little_Dyke), Nova Scotia, Canada

### Earthworks

- [Car Dyke](/source/Car_Dyke), a Roman boundary ditch in Eastern England
- [Devil's Dyke (disambiguation)](/source/Devil's_Dyke_(disambiguation)), one of several ancient embankments or ditches (or both)
- [Foss Dyke](/source/Foss_Dyke), a Roman canal in England linking the River Trent to the River Witham at Lincoln
- [Offa's Dyke](/source/Offa's_Dyke), historic earthwork dividing Mercia and Wales
- [Wansdyke](/source/Wansdyke), dividing Wessex from the lands southwest of it
- [Wat's Dyke](/source/Wat's_Dyke), an earthwork running through the northern Welsh Marches from Basingwerk Abbey to Maesbury

### Geological features

- The [Great Dyke](/source/Great_Dyke), a mineral-rich feature that runs through Zimbabwe
- [Mount Desire Dyke](/source/Mount_Desire_Dyke), an igneous intrusion in South Australia

## See also

- [Dyke and the Blazers](/source/Dyke_and_the_Blazers), 1960s R&B group
- [Van Dyke](/source/Van_Dyke)
- "[D-Yikes!](/source/D-Yikes!)", an episode of *South Park*
- [99 Dike](/source/99_Dike), an asteroid
- Winter dyke, another name for a [clothes horse](/source/Clothes_horse)

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