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sluice 
  n 
1  (Also called)  sluiceway a channel that carries a rapid current of water, esp. one that has a sluicegate to control the flow 
2 the body of water controlled by a sluicegate 
3  See  →  sluicegate 
4  (Mining) an inclined trough for washing ore, esp. one having riffles on the bottom to trap particles 
5 an artificial channel through which logs can be floated 
6 Informal a brief wash in running water 
  vb 
7 tr to draw out or drain (water, etc.) from (a pond, etc.) by means of a sluice 
8 tr to wash or irrigate with a stream of water 
9 tr  (Mining) to wash in a sluice 
10 tr to send (logs, etc.) down a sluice 
11 intr; often foll by: away  or  out (of water, etc.) to run or flow from or as if from a sluice 
12 tr to provide with a sluice 
  (C14: from Old French escluse, from Late Latin exclusa aqua water shut out, from Latin excludere to shut out, exclude) 
♦  sluicelike  adj 



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