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sluice(1)(dictionary)
sluice(2)(dictionary)
sluice 1, noun(dictionary)
sluice 2, verb(dictionary)
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sluice(2) (iou)



sluice verb. [slu:s] L16.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Let out (water) from a place by the opening of a sluice; draw off (water) by the opening of a sluice. Foll. by from, off, out. L16.
verb trans. Draw off or let out water from (a river, lake, etc.) by means of a sluice or sluices. Also foll. by in, into. L16.
transf. & fig.
a. verb intrans. Flow or rush (down or out) as if through a sluice. L16.
G. Orwell He..let the rain sluice down on his bare body.
b. verb trans. Throw or pour (something) as if through a sluice. E17.
M. Kramer Wealthy outsiders..sluiced enormous sums into vineyards.
verb trans. Throw or pour water over; rinse or flush with water. Also, fill with water. M18.
sluice one's gob slang drink heartily.
W. S. Maugham Naked coolies..sluicing themselves with boiling water. A. Cohen Sanitation trucks..routinely sluicing the streets, cleaning up.
b. Wash (auriferous ore) in a gold-miner's sluice. Also foll. by out. US & Austral. M19.
Float (logs) down a sluice-way. L19.
sluicer noun (a) US & Austral. a gold-miner who uses a sluice; (b) a person in charge of a sluice on a waterway: M19.