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sluice
I. noun II. transitive verb
sluice gate
noun

I . sluice [sluːs] N

sluice → sluice gate

II . sluice [sluːs] VB trans

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See also sluice gate

sluice gate N, sluice

sluice gate N, sluice

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When fully opened, 6 sluices provide a spill capacity of about 1200 cumecs.
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At the moment the sea came into the pond and fishes of every kind entered the sluice gate.
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The gates of the sluices were closed as a defensive measure against possible attack in the dry season when no storage remained in the dam.
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The gravel was carried down the entire length of the sluice and then discharged, but the heavier flakes of gold settled and became trapped.
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The gravel was washed in a revolving trommel from which the screened material went directly to the sluices and the oversize to a belt stacker.
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The weir and sluice were rebuilt in 1963 at a cost of 12,714.
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He stayed in contact with his previous employer though, designing and patenting several sluices, including an equilibrium sluice to work under 100 feet head.
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The sluice at the upstream end is supported by two cast iron arches on rusticated piers.
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It is provided with three sluice gates for release of water for irrigation of agricultural land in the down streamarea.
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Excess water from the canal was released through a sluice gate.
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