sluicingn.

/ˈsluːsɪŋ/

Etymology: < sluice v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of the verb, in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action of flushing or swilling > [noun]

swillingc1000

sluicing1839

flushing1859

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > rinsing

rinsinga1400

rinse1837

sluicing1839

sind1899

1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine viii, in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 535/1 They wanted a sluicing.

1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 327 The all-important drawback is the lack of water for sluicing, or even for simple washing.

1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 373 A good sluicing of the eyes in cold water every morning will be found beneficial.

b. attributive, as sluicing claim, sluicing company.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] > mining specific mineral > washing gold

sluicing claim1859

1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 328 The St. Andrew's Mining and Sluicing Company.

1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) i. 105 The Fox Creek and Boulder Creek sluicing claims have uniformly done well.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 293 A great sluicing claim, where the water..spouted clear and strong over heaps of auriferous earth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

ˈsluicing adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > heavy

steepc1330

pissingc1475

thightc1480

pouring1577

pashing1581

sad1590

steep-down1601

solid1621

even down1622

sluicy1697

pelting1710

buck1732

steeping1774

peppering1827

sluicing1847

torrential1849

peltering1858

plumping1879

teeming1880

lashing1885

monsoonish1886

sheeting1940

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxii. 325 This here sluicing night is hard lines to a man as lives on his condition.

单词	sluicing
释义	sluicingn. /ˈsluːsɪŋ/ Etymology: < sluice v. + -ing suffix¹. a. The action of the verb, in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action of flushing or swilling > [noun] swillingc1000 sluicing1839 flushing1859 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > rinsing rinsinga1400 rinse1837 sluicing1839 sind1899 1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine viii, in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 535/1 They wanted a sluicing. 1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 327 The all-important drawback is the lack of water for sluicing, or even for simple washing. 1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 373 A good sluicing of the eyes in cold water every morning will be found beneficial. b. attributive, as sluicing claim, sluicing company. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] > mining specific mineral > washing gold sluicing claim1859 1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 328 The St. Andrew's Mining and Sluicing Company. 1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) i. 105 The Fox Creek and Boulder Creek sluicing claims have uniformly done well. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 293 A great sluicing claim, where the water..spouted clear and strong over heaps of auriferous earth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2020). > as lemmas ˈsluicing ˈsluicing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > heavy steepc1330 pissingc1475 thightc1480 pouring1577 pashing1581 sad1590 steep-down1601 solid1621 even down1622 sluicy1697 pelting1710 buck1732 steeping1774 peppering1827 sluicing1847 torrential1849 peltering1858 plumping1879 teeming1880 lashing1885 monsoonish1886 sheeting1940 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxii. 325 This here sluicing night is hard lines to a man as lives on his condition. extracted from sluicev. < n.1839 as lemmas
随便看	turret-door turret-gun turret-gunner turret-lathe turret-light turret-like turret-mounted turret-mounting turret-roof turret-room turret-shaped turret-shell turret-ship turret-spider turret-stair turret-top turret-topped turret-turning turret-vessel turretbell turretbridge turretchamber turretclock turretcrown unappreciated

sluicingn.

> as lemmas