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• sluice — sluicelike, adj. /sloohs/, n., v., sluiced, sluicing. n. 1. an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow. 2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate …   Universalium

• sluice — [[t]slus[/t]] n. v. sluiced, sluic•ing 1) civ an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate(sluice′ gate )at the upper end for regulating the flow 2) civ the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate 3) civ a… …   From formal English to slang

• sluice — /slus / (say sloohs) noun 1. an artificial channel for conducting water, fitted with a sluicegate. 2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluicegate. 3. any contrivance for regulating a flow from or into a receptacle. 4. a channel,… …  

• Seaton Sluice — infobox UK place country = England official name= Seaton Sluice latitude= 55.0826 longitude= 1.4778 population= 3081 shire district= Blyth Valley shire county = Northumberland region= North East England constituency westminster= Blyth Valley post …   Wikipedia

• List of the 72 Shaolin martial arts — This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. The following is a list of martial arts practised in Shaolin Kung Fu. Although they are commonly called 72 Shaolin martial arts , they are four different versions of these 72 skills, hence… …   Wikipedia

• mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …   Universalium

• River Ribble — Infobox River | river name = River Ribble caption = The River Ribble at Ribchester. Photograph by [http://www.flickr.com/people/stubbsuk Stuart Grimshaw] origin = Confluence of Gayle Beck and Cam Beck, Selside mouth = Irish Sea at Lytham basin… …   Wikipedia

• Bristol Harbour — is the harbour in the city of Bristol, England. The harbour covers an area of convert|70|acre|ha|1|abbr=off|lk=on. It has existed since the 13th century but was developed into its current form in the early 19th century by installing lock gates on …   Wikipedia

• Gold mining — Gold mine redirects here. See Goldmine for other uses of the term. Gold mining consists of the processes and techniques employed in the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques by which gold may be extracted from the Earth.… …   Wikipedia

• Hayle — Infobox UK place official name=Hayle country=England region=South West England|map type= Cornwall static static image caption= population=8,317 (2001 Census) os grid reference=SW561371 latitude=50.183 longitude= 5.416 london distance= post… …   Wikipedia

• River engineering — The Los Angeles River is extensively channelized with concrete embankments. River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit.… …   Wikipedia