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sluice
noun
1 a channel or drain for water.
2 (in full sluicegate) a valve or sliding gate for regulating the flow of water in such a channel.
3 a trough for washing gold or other minerals out of sand, etc.
4 an act of washing down or rinsing.
verb (sluiced , sluicing )
1 to let out or drain by means of a sluice.
2 to wash down or rinse by throwing water on.
[14c: from French escluse , from Latin exclusa (aqua) (water) shut out]
noun
1 a channel or drain for water.
2 (in full sluicegate) a valve or sliding gate for regulating the flow of water in such a channel.
3 a trough for washing gold or other minerals out of sand, etc.
4 an act of washing down or rinsing.
verb (sluiced , sluicing )
1 to let out or drain by means of a sluice.
2 to wash down or rinse by throwing water on.
[14c: from French escluse , from Latin exclusa (aqua) (water) shut out]
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