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Sluice
Sluice
n.
An
artifical
passage
for
water
,
fitted
with
a
valve
or
gate
, as in a
mill
stream
,
for
stopping
or
regulating
the
flow
;
also
, a
water
gate
or
flood
gate
.
Sluice
n.
Hence
, an
opening
or
channel
through
which
anything
flows
; a
source
of
supply
.
Sluice
n.
The
stream
flowing
through
a
flood
gate
.
Sluice
n.
A
long
box
or
trough
through
which
water
flows
,
used
for
washing
auriferous
earth
.
Sluice
v. t.
To
emit
by, or as by,
flood
gates
.
Sluice
v. t.
To
wet
copiously
, as by
opening
a
sluice
; as, to
sluice
meadows
.
Sluice
v. t.
To
wash
with
, or in, a
stream
of
water
running
through
a
sluice
; as, to
sluice
eart
or
gold
dust
in
mining
.
Sluiced
imp. & p. p.
of
Sluice
Sluiceway
n.
An
artificial
channel
into
which
water
is
let
by a
sluice
;
specifically
, a
trough
constructed
over
the
bed
of a
stream
, so
that
logs
,
lumber
, or
rubbish
can
be
floated
down
to
some
convenient
place
of
delivery
.
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