dikern.

/ˈdʌɪkə/

Forms: Also Middle English dikar, dycare; also dyker.

Etymology: Old English dícere , díkere , < díc-ian to dike, to ditch; in Middle English perhaps formed anew < dike v.¹

1. A man who constructs or works at dikes.

a. One who digs ditches or trenches.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > digger or ditcher

dikerc1000

ditcherc1430

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > digger or excavator > of trenches or ditches

dikerc1000

ditcherc1430

pioneer1552

trencher1871

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 149/16 Fossor, dikere.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 109 Dikeres and delueres digged vp þe balkes.

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xlvi. 872/1 Labourers, deluers and dykers..ben full poore comonly.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1541/2 They knew not the order of Romneie marsh works..for they were onelie good dikers and hodmen.

1724 R. Thoresby in Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 344 When the Labourers or Dikers first discovered..the Jetties..it might be about the Depth of 8 or 10 Foot.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. ix. 152 Their..weapons were found at times by delvers and dykers for centuries after.

b. One who builds enclosure walls (of earth or dry stone). Scottish.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of walls > types of

ground-waller1477

diker1497

cowan1598

rough waller1614

sea-waller1790

stone-diker1901

1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 332 The dikaris of the park of Falkland.

1864 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 613 Dry-stone dykers, as well as masons, have twenty-four shillings per week.

1884 J. Tait in Un. Presbyterian Mag. Apr. 156 He was to meat the dykers while bigging the fold dyke.

c. One who constructs embankments.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > one who makes embankments

diker1481

bankera1627

embanker1852

1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 510 Payd to Prynce, the dyker, for the dykyng off ij. rodde in the old parke of a pond ther, viij.s.

2. A local name of the hedge sparrow.

ΚΠ

1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Diker, a hedge sparrow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	diker
释义	dikern. /ˈdʌɪkə/ Forms: Also Middle English dikar, dycare; also dyker. Etymology: Old English dícere , díkere , < díc-ian to dike, to ditch; in Middle English perhaps formed anew < dike v.¹ 1. A man who constructs or works at dikes. a. One who digs ditches or trenches. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > digger or ditcher dikerc1000 ditcherc1430 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > digger or excavator > of trenches or ditches dikerc1000 ditcherc1430 pioneer1552 trencher1871 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 149/16 Fossor, dikere. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 109 Dikeres and delueres digged vp þe balkes. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xlvi. 872/1 Labourers, deluers and dykers..ben full poore comonly. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1541/2 They knew not the order of Romneie marsh works..for they were onelie good dikers and hodmen. 1724 R. Thoresby in Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 344 When the Labourers or Dikers first discovered..the Jetties..it might be about the Depth of 8 or 10 Foot. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. ix. 152 Their..weapons were found at times by delvers and dykers for centuries after. b. One who builds enclosure walls (of earth or dry stone). Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of walls > types of ground-waller1477 diker1497 cowan1598 rough waller1614 sea-waller1790 stone-diker1901 1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 332 The dikaris of the park of Falkland. 1864 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 613 Dry-stone dykers, as well as masons, have twenty-four shillings per week. 1884 J. Tait in Un. Presbyterian Mag. Apr. 156 He was to meat the dykers while bigging the fold dyke. c. One who constructs embankments. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > one who makes embankments diker1481 bankera1627 embanker1852 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 510 Payd to Prynce, the dyker, for the dykyng off ij. rodde in the old parke of a pond ther, viij.s. 2. A local name of the hedge sparrow. ΚΠ 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Diker, a hedge sparrow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1000
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