| The family was told not to spend money diking the property as the Socreds, when they came to power in 1975, had plans to purchase the property. |
| Construction, agriculture, water diversion, and diking have sucked away at the waterway since settlement boomed here in the 19th century. |
| By diking out the sea the peasants farmed the marsh lands and saved themselves the trouble of clearing the forests. |
| This process has the same general effects as diking, and therefore cannot be employed without many of the same results. |
| Next day Will and Ted armed themselves with diking spades, and set to work determinedly. |
| Such grounds are the foundation or starting point of the process of diking. |
