sluice
સ્લુઈસ
definition
verb
she sluiced her face in cold water
wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water.
noun
The sluice gate regulates the volume of water that strikes the wheel, and has to be judged with some care to prevent the mill stones from spinning too fast and vibrating too much.
a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate.
a sluice with cold water
an act of rinsing or showering with water.
example
This large drain runs straight in a North Easterly direction, under various bridges, the Well Creek, eventually ending at a 'sluice' which separates the fresh water from the salt water of the Tidal Ouse.
He could hear Joe working the handle of the 'sluice' that would send water gushing into the other troughs.
Then 'sluice' everything down with a coffee tarek.
She stopped, staring, as several score thoughts and fears, feelings and emotions kicked her in the tail, clenching her gut and sending a 'sluice' of cold water down her spine.
I can't cite any similar highhandness on Woodward's part, nor is he the sort to 'sluice' the words of authorities directly into his journalism.
He even made a 'sluice' of tin and boards to catch and carry the rainwater to the parched crops.
Having left my shoes outside at the reception desk I was given a locker for my clothes and belongings, before being ushered by the receptionist into the shower room for a thorough 'sluice' down and then put into a steam room for 15 minutes.
Especially as it said that in case of contact with the mucous membrane - that's another expression to make us girls feel good about ourselves - you're supposed to 'sluice' yourself down right away with lots of water.
Huge mounds of river rock stand with great hubris along the creek banks, remnants of the exhaustive 'sluice' and placer mining operations that once took place on the town's perimeter.
This had caused levels in the lodge to fluctuate and water had to be diverted from the stream via a 'sluice' .
Water was pumped by an old fire-engine from the creek to the quarry to 'sluice' clay off the stone.
Dozens of small balsa-wood structures were scattered on the cement floor, both within and outside the ambit of a crude wooden 'sluice' system that carried a fitfully circulating trickle of water.
They have 1.7 grams after two programmes out of six which seems reasonable bearing in mind that they also have some left not weighed in the fibrous material they use to catch the gold particles from their 'sluice' .
In the cage, I could hear only the 'sluice' and swoosh of rushing and retreating water.
If rain falls into the bird's mouth, theoretically it could 'sluice' down the windpipe past the larynx and into the lungs.
We still use it for watering the garden and I have been known to 'sluice' the back of my neck under it on a hot afternoon (not often this summer).
a 'sluice' with cold water
Gravels were added to a 'sluice' box, and gravity-sorting concentrated the gold.
a 'sluice' with cold water
If it isn't going over the 'sluice gate' then it isn't raining too much.
Inside he is 'sluiced' , scrubbed, massaged, rinsed, and blown dry with the automated precision associated with a modern car wash.
Since acquiring the redundant farmland the trust has carried out a programme of restoration which has included restoring 'sluices' , re-opening waterways and a grazing policy.
As the hot, revitalising water began 'sluicing' through her hair, gentle jazz piano wafted from the main dorm.
The warm water 'sluicing' over my body chased the rest of the cotton of too long a sleep from my mind.
The Jordan Valley is a perfect avian 'sluiceway' ; for millennia a feathery tide has ridden it, indifferent to the human dramas playing out below.
And once we'd boxed up his butchering gear and 'sluiced' down the boards of the wagon, a bucket at a time, it became something we never talked on again.
Sadly, the remains of the mill itself were demolished on safety grounds in the late 1950s, but the mill lades, complete with 'sluice gate' , survive and form an attractive feature of the gardens.
The pent-up waters, controlled by a 'sluice gate' , were directed past the mill wheel, driving the wooden gears, shafts and millstones.
I scrubbed both my arms with soap, then continued down to my flat stomach as warm water 'sluiced' over my body.
She's the kind of boat that demands sure knot tying from her crew and an acceptance of salt water 'sluicing' down one's neck and ending up in one's boots.
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