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February fill-dike
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English
Alternative forms
en February fill-dyke February fill dyke
en fill-dike, en fill-dyke
Proper noun
February fill-dike
A rural appellation for the month of February, when rain or melting snow fills dykes with water.
en 1851 Thomas Sternberg The Dialect and Folk-lore of Northamptonshire January white, February fill-dike.
en 1997 Marion Kelsey Victory Harvest: Diary of a Canadian in the Women's Land Army http://www.google.co.uk/books?lr=&q=%22February+fill-dike+is+upon+us+%22&btnG=Search+Books 174 Doris, in her terror, had forgotten that February fill-dike is upon us
Derived terms
en February fill dyke, be it black or be it white
Translations
rural appellation for the month of February
Russian: ru февра́ль-водоле́й m
Spanish: es febrero, cebadero Castilian dated, es lluvioso febrero, año cebadero dated
References
en exocentric verb-noun compounds
en Months