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to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse
- he sluiced the gutters with lots of water in order to make sure they were clear
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“Sluice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sluice. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of sluice was in the 15th century
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