Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sluice
Sluice
sluice
n. & v. --n. 1 (also sluice-gate, sluice-valve) a sliding gate or other contrivance for controlling the volume or flow of water. 2 (also sluice-way) an artificial water-channel esp. for washing ore. 3 a place for rinsing. 4 the act or an instance of rinsing. 5 the water above or below or issuing through a floodgate. --v. 1 tr. provide or wash with a sluice or sluices. 2 tr. rinse, pour or throw water freely upon. 3 tr. (foll. by out, away) wash out or away with a flow of water. 4 tr. flood with water from a sluice. 5 intr. (of water) rush out from a sluice, or as if from a sluice. Etymology: ME f. OF escluse ult. f. L excludere EXCLUDE
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo-French escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, from Latin, feminine of exclusus, past participle of excludere to exclude Date: 15th century 1. an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow, a body of water pent up behind a floodgate, a dock gate ; floodgate, 3. a stream flowing through a floodgate, a channel to drain or carry off surplus water, a long inclined trough usually on the ground, II. verb (~d; sluicing) Date: 1596 transitive verb to draw off by or through a ~, 2. to wash with or in water running through or from a ~, to drench with a sudden flow ; flush, to transport (as logs) in a ~, intransitive verb to pour as if from a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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