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sike

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4 lettersPronunciation /saɪk/Sorted eiksStarts with SEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer; the marshy ground or ditch through which such a stream flows.

Word origin

From Northern Middle English sike, from Old English sīċ (see sitch), possibly also from or related to Old Norse sík; both from Proto-Germanic *sīką (“slow flowing water; trickle”). Cognate with Norwegian sik. Compare Scots sheuch.

Used in a sentence

  • The swankies lap thro' mire and syke, Wow as their heads did birr!
  • [...] a great gathering o' their folk at the Miry-sikes, […]
  • It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh;[…]

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