Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

powdike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: powdike
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dike around a marsh or fen.

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"cut down or break up the Powdike in Marshland"
"Powdikes or other Banks in Marsh-land"
"Therefore Marshland (as Things now stand) runs a double Risque of Inundation. - First, from the Land Waters, wich overflow the Fens, and rise high against the Powdike in time of Floods, whereby the said Powdike is in danger to be rent and torn, undermin'd and blown up. [...] raise such violent Waves against the Powdike, as will break and tear it to pieces."
"[…] perversely and maliciously to cut down or destroy the powdike, in the fens of Norfolk and Ely, is felony[…]"

Etymology

Scots pow, pou (“a pool, a watery or marshy place”), from pool.

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

powdikes (plural)

Questions

What does powdike mean?: A dike around a marsh or fen.
Where does powdike come from?: Scots pow, pou (“a pool, a watery or marshy place”), from pool.

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