What is a long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth. Sluice gate, the sliding gate of a sluice called?
sluice — (Mining) A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth. Sluice gate, the sliding gate of a sluice. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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