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Definition of Diking
1. dike [v] - See also: dike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diking
Literary usage of Diking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George Perkins Marsh (1865)
"LAND ARTIFICIALLY WON FROM THE WATERS: a, EXCLUSION O» THE SEA BT diking; I,
DRAINING OP LAKES AND MARSHES; C, GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE OF SUCH ..."
2. The Codes and Statutes of Oregon: Showing All Laws of a General Nature by Oregon, Charles Byron Bellinger, William Wick Cotton (1902)
"Art VII, j17..2501 Into 2364 trates and grand Jury 993 congressional, apportionment
of state general election at which to be diking, see diking Districts. ..."
3. Mosquito Eradication by Walter Ernest Hardenburg (1922)
"The cost of all diking, dredging and spillways, was $60 an acre, leaving a net
profit of $140 an acre. OPERATION OF TIDE-GATES Tide-gates, like all other ..."
4. Water Laws of the State of Oregon: Compiled from Lord's Oregon Laws and by Oregon, Oregon State Water Board (1913)
"Petition for diking District, What to Contain, Bond for Expenses. When one-half
or more of the owners of lands which may be conveniently embraced in one ..."
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