2. To drain by a dike or ditch.
DIKE
Dike, v. i.
Defn: To work as a ditcher; to dig. [Obs.]
He would thresh and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer.
DIKER
Dik"er, n.
1. A ditcher. Piers Plowman.
2. One who builds stone walls; usually, one who builds them without lime. [Scot.]
DILACERATE
Di*lac"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilacerated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dilacerating.] Etym: [L. dilaceratus, p. p. of dilacerare to tear
apart; di- = dis- + lacerare to tear.]
Defn: To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. Sir T. Browne.
DILACERATION
Di*lac`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. dilaceratio: cf. F. dilacération.]
Defn: The act of rending asunder. Arbuthnot.