A dike or dyke is a vertical or near-vertical intrusion of igneous rock that has forced its way upward through overlting strata.
* Thrax is short for 'Anthrax', a lethal disease who's main symptom is a terrible, deadly fever. Despite those two strong similarities, Thrax shares no other similarities with the Anthrax disease and is in fact not an Anthrax virus, and is most likely a fictitous disease. *The song Thrax is humming is called 'Fever'. Thrax is short for 'Anthrax', a lethal disease who's main symptom is a terrible, deadly fever. Despite those two strong similarities, Thrax shares no other similarities with the Anthrax disease and is in fact not an Anthrax virus, and is most likely a fictitous disease. *The song Thrax is humming is called 'Fever'.
Diamonds %26 Rust by Joan Baez Songfacts. 1  In this song, Joan Baez is singing to her former lover Bob Dylan, fondly reminiscing about their 1960s affair. 2  Baez revealed to The Huffington Post that she wrote this song after Bob Dylan called her from a phone booth and sang her the lyrics to his song Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts..