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21sluice — sluËs n. 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) v. open a sluice… …
22sluice — 1. noun a) 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 or flood gate. Each sluice of affluent fortune opened soon. Harte. b) Hence, an opening or… …
23sluice — sluice1 [ slus ] verb 1. ) transitive to wash something with a flow of water: He bent down and sluiced his head under the faucet. The walls and floors were sluiced down every day. 2. ) intransitive if water sluices somewhere, it flows there… …
24sluice — 1 noun (C) a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it 2 verb 1 (T) to wash something with a lot of water: sluice sth out/down: Can you sluice out the cow shed? | sluice sth over/into etc:… …
25sluice valve — noun regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice • Syn: ↑sluicegate, ↑floodgate, ↑penstock, ↑head gate, ↑water gate • Hypernyms: ↑regulator • Pa …
26sluice — Synonyms and related words: aboideau, air lock, aqueduct, arroyo, avenue, baptize, bath, bathe, bed, blow out, blowhole, canal, channel, chute, cloaca, cloaca maxima, creek bed, culvert, debouch, deluge, dip, dock gate, donga, door, douche, douse …
27sluice — sluice1 [slu:s] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, from Latin excludere; EXCLUDE] a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it sluice 2 sluice2 v 1.) …
28sluice — 1. to copulate with Literally, to flush: ... she has been sluic d in s absence, And his pond fish d by his next neighbour. (Shakespeare, The Winter s Tale) This may be a spurious entry based on a single metaphorical use, but it is… …
29sluice — [slu:s] noun 1》 (also sluice gate) a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially in a lock gate. 2》 (also sluiceway) an artificial water channel for carrying off overflow or surplus water. 3》 an act of rinsing or… …
30Sluice — Le sluice ou rampe de lavage est un canal, le plus souvent en bois, garni de tapis ou de moquette et de tasseaux, dans lequel on fait passer les alluvions aurifères pour en extraire l or. Il est utilisé dans l orpaillage pour laver les alluvions… …
