What does digue mean?
Digue means (obsolete) Alternative form of dike..
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/diɡ/ · noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of dike..
In November this Year, happen'd a Storm at North-Weſt[…]; and ſeveral Breaches in the great Digues near Enchuyſen, and others between Amſterdam and Harlem, made way for ſuch Inundations as had not been ſeen before by any Man then alive, and filled the Country with many Relations of moſt deplorable Events.
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Digue means (obsolete) Alternative form of dike..
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In November this Year, happen'd a Storm at North-Weſt[…]; and ſeveral Breaches in the great Digues near Enchuyſen, and others between Amſterdam and Harlem, made way for ſuch Inundations as had not been ſeen before by any Man then alive, and filled the Country with many Relations of moſt deplorable Events.
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