Main Entry:

²sluice

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

sluiced; sluic·ing

Date:

1596

transitive verb1: to draw off by or through a sluice2 a: to wash with or in water running through or from a sluice b: to drench with a sudden flow : flush3: to transport (as logs) in a sluiceintransitive verb: to pour as if from a sluice