sluices

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plural of sluice
sluice
Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply

This home familiarity . . . opens the sluices of sensibility. -I. Taylor.

sluice
To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice earth or gold dust in mining
sluice
An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate of flood gate
sluice
To emit by, or as by, flood gates. -Milton
sluice
{v} to throw out water, cast, let out
sluice
{n} a vent for water, lock, floodgate
open the sluices
open the flood gates, open the dams
sluice
transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs"
sluice
{f} open a sluice and and let out water; drain; release a flow of water, flood; wash in a sluice; send through a sluice; flow through, flow out
sluice
A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth
sluice
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 of flood gate
sluice
irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
sluice
Water going through a very narrow passage between two rocks at high speed To be avoided, unless you know your boat will fit and you are sure you want what's at the bottom
sluice
To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining
sluice
If you sluice something or sluice it down or out, you wash it with a stream of water. He sluiced the bath and filled it. a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it (escluse, from exclusa, from excludere; EXCLUDE)
sluice
A structure containing a gate to control the flow of water from one area to another
sluice
pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
sluice
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
pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
sluice
To emit by, or as by, flood gates
sluice
To emit by, or as by, flood gates. [R.] Milton
sluice
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
sluice
To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows. Howitt
sluice
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth" draw through a sluice; "sluice water" transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs" pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
sluice
To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows
sluice
A sluice is a passage that carries a current of water and has a barrier, called a sluice gate, which can be opened and closed to control the flow of water
sluice
draw through a sluice; "sluice water"
sluice
Either a ditch or a wooden device, as a Long Tom, used to wash gold in large quantities in placer mining
sluice
A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth
sluice
The stream flowing through a flood gate
sluice
{i} manmade water channel equipped with a valve or gate for regulating water flow; valve or gate used to regulate water flow; water flow controlled by a sluice; trough, water channel used to transport objects (i.e. logs)
sluice
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
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