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sike

1
or syke

[ sahyk ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.
  1. a small stream.
  2. a gully or ditch, especially one that fills with water after a heavy rain.


sike

2

[ sahyk ]

interjection

  1. 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.

If them as is left, should know waat's coom tiv'un, there'll be sike a revolution and rebel!

A very brief exercise of Mr. Sike's art, sufficed to overcome the fastening of the lattice; and it soon stood wide open also.

Page 50, changed "even raughed" to "even laughed" and "Sike's case" to "Sikes case."

But whate remedy to releue vs your poore sike lame and sore bedemen?

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