sluice

sluice
sluice [slo͞os]
n.
[ME scluse < OFr escluse & LL exclusa < fem. pp. of L excludere, to shut out, EXCLUDE]
1. an artificial channel or passage for water, having a gate or valve at its head to regulate the flow, as in a canal or millstream
2. the water held back by or passing through such a gate
3. a gate or valve used in opening or closing a sluice; floodgate: also sluice gate
4. any channel, esp. one for excess water
☆ 5. a sloping trough or flume through which water is run, as in washing gold ore, carrying logs, etc.
vt.
sluiced, sluicing
1. to draw off by or as by means of a sluice
2.
a) to wash with water flowing in or from a sluice
b) to wash off with a rush of water [to sluice a deck with hoses ]
☆ 3. to carry (logs, etc.) in a sluice
vi.
to run or flow in or as in a sluice

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