n. [ OF. escluse, F. écluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See Exclude. ]
Each sluice of affluent fortune opened soon. Harte. [ 1913 Webster ]
This home familiarity . . . opens the sluices of sensibility. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sluice gate,
v. t.
He dried his neck and face, which he had been sluicing with cold water. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]