diguen.

Etymology: < French digue, in Old French also dique , < Flemish dijk , dike n.¹

= dike n.¹ (In reference to Holland, Flanders, or France. Now only used for local colouring.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > wall or dyke

waterwough?1340

water wall1445

digue1523

dike1642

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 4 b/1 With the fyrste flodde they came before the Digues of Holande [pr. Dignes; hence Grafton Chron. II. 210 dignesse].

1645 City Alarum 10 Opposing a Digue to stop the torrent.

1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces i. 23 In Zealand they absolutely gave over the working at their Digues.

1702 J. Dennis Monument xvi. 8 Whose stately Tow'rs Are to the Storms of Arbitrary Pow'r, What its Digues are to the Tempestuous Main.

1886 Athenæum 22 May 686/1 Girls gossiping on the digue of stone which defends the place against the sea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	digue
释义	diguen. Etymology: < French digue, in Old French also dique , < Flemish dijk , dike n.¹ = dike n.¹ (In reference to Holland, Flanders, or France. Now only used for local colouring.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > wall or dyke waterwough?1340 water wall1445 digue1523 dike1642 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 4 b/1 With the fyrste flodde they came before the Digues of Holande [pr. Dignes; hence Grafton Chron. II. 210 dignesse]. 1645 City Alarum 10 Opposing a Digue to stop the torrent. 1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces i. 23 In Zealand they absolutely gave over the working at their Digues. 1702 J. Dennis Monument xvi. 8 Whose stately Tow'rs Are to the Storms of Arbitrary Pow'r, What its Digues are to the Tempestuous Main. 1886 Athenæum 22 May 686/1 Girls gossiping on the digue of stone which defends the place against the sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1523
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