fyke

Borrowed from Dutch fuik (“fish trap”), from Middle Dutch vuyke, fuke. Cognate with West Frisian fûke, German Low German Fuuk.

fyke (plural fykes)

1. (fishing) A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.

   Synonyms: fyke net, fyke-net

fyke (third-person singular simple present fykes, present participle fyking, simple past and past participle fyked)

1. (ambitransitive) To fish using a fyke.

• fike

• fycz, fic, fike

Inherited from Old English fīc, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fige.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːk(ə)/

fyke (plural fykes)

1. A fig (fruit of a fig tree)

• English: fike

• “fīk(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.

fyke (present tense fyk, past tense fauk, supine foke, past participle foken, present participle fykande, imperative fyk)

1. alternative form of fyka