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Definition of Sluicing
1. Adjective. Pouring from or as if from a sluice. "The sluicing rain"
Definition of Sluicing
1. Verb. (present participle of sluice) ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics) A kind of ellipsis, introduced by an interrogative, where (usually) everything except the interrogative is elided from the clause, as in "I like him, but I don't know why". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sluicing
1. sluice [v] - See also: sluice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sluicing
Literary usage of Sluicing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"16 shows the method of sluicing just described. The scraper bucket a, attached
to a wire rope b, is raised to the cableway as shown in Fig. ..."
2. Mining and Engineering: And Miner's Guide by Henry A. Gordon (1894)
"HYDRAULIC sluicing AND ELEVATING. IN New Zealand, where there are in places great
depths of auriferous gravel-drift in terraces or flats, and, ..."
3. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"There are three methods employed in sluicing: (1) the ground- sluice; ...
In opening up a gold-bearing gravel bank for hydraulic sluicing bed rock sluices ..."
4. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"There are three methods employed in sluicing: (1) the ground- sluice; ...
In opening up a gold-bearing gravel bank for hydraulic sluicing bed rock sluices ..."
5. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Dock Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1904)
"sluicing is carried on daily at the Canada Basin, but the maximum effect is ...
sluicing on a large scale is a prominent feature of ports bordering on the ..."
6. Vancouver Island and British Columbia: Their History, Resources and Prospects by Matthew Macfie (1865)
"Essentials for carrying on Mining Operations successfully—The Art <>l '
Prospecting '—The Use of the Rocker—sluicing—Hydraulic .Mining- Water Companies—The ..."
7. Harbours and Docks: Their Physical Features, History, Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1885)
"Dunkirk Harbour: Site; Development; Jetties and sluicing Basin; Entrance Channel.
... Ostend Harbour: Early History; Jetties and sluicing Basins; ..."
8. Harbours and Docks: Their Physical Features, History, Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1885)
"Dunkirk Harbour: Site; Development; Jetties and sluicing Basin; Entrance Channel.
... Ostend Harbour: Early History; Jetties and sluicing Basins; ..."
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