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Definition of Sluicy
1. a. Falling copiously or in streams, as from a sluice.
Definition of Sluicy
1. Adjective. Falling copiously or in streams, as if from a sluice. ¹
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Definition of Sluicy
1. falling in streams [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sluicy
Literary usage of Sluicy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra by Antonio Vieyra (1813)
"—sluicy rain, chuveiro, ou «huva grande, como quando chove a cantaros. To Sluice,
va soltar, hum dique, &c. abrir ou tirar a comporta para fazer sahir a ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain, Sucked by the spungy clouds from
off the main : The lofty skies at once come pouring down, The promised crop ..."
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