Sluice Synonyms & Definitions

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• SluiceDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows.
2. (v. t.) To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining.
3. (n.) The stream flowing through a flood gate.
4. (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.
5. (v. t.) To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
6. (n.) A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth.
7. (n.) Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.

• SluicewayDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (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.