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sike
1or syke
[ sahyk ]
noun
, Scot. and North England.
- a small stream.
- a gully or ditch, especially one that fills with water after a heavy rain.
sike
2[ sahyk ]
interjection
- a less common spelling variant of psych.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sike1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old Norse sīk “small stream, ditch, pond”; cognate with Old English sīc “rill,” Middle Low German sīk “puddle”; akin to Old High German seih “urine,” Old English sicerian “to ooze”
Origin of sike2
First recorded in 2000–05
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Example Sentences
Tarn (a mountain pool), grain and sike (mountain streams) are also Scandinavian terms.
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If them as is left, should know waat's coom tiv'un, there'll be sike a revolution and rebel!
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A very brief exercise of Mr. Sike's art, sufficed to overcome the fastening of the lattice; and it soon stood wide open also.
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Page 50, changed "even raughed" to "even laughed" and "Sike's case" to "Sikes case."
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But whate remedy to releue vs your poore sike lame and sore bedemen?
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