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sluice 1. 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. an artificial channel through which logs can be floated sluice [′slüs] (civil engineering) A passage fitted with a vertical sliding gate or valve to regulate the flow of water in a channel or lock. A body of water retained by a floodgate. A channel serving to drain surplus water. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| At the bottom of the smooth plaster wall there was a brick pulled out to make a sluice for the bath water, and as Rikki-tikki stole in by the masonry curb where the bath is put, he heard Nag and Nagaina whispering together outside in the moonlight. In our little town, which is a sample of many, life is as interesting, as pathetic, as joyous as ever it was; no group of weavers was better to look at or think about than the rivulet of winsome girls that overruns our streets every time the sluice is raised, the comedy of summer evenings and winter firesides is played with the old zest and every window-blind is the curtain of a romance. All of a sudden the lightning let go a perfect sluice of white glare, and somebody sings out: |
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