Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dike made in a marsh or fen for carrying off its waters.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng. A dike a marsh or fen.

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  • noun UK, dialect A dike; a marsh or fen.

Etymologies

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Scots pow, pou, a pool, a watery or marshy place, from English pool.

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