fluming

The fluming was the largest size, patent-metal stuff, half round, joined with rods, riveted and clinched.

Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters 1916

It is an interesting fact to note that, prior to the building of the dam, part of the water was used for "fluming" lumber and wood to

The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter George Wharton James 1890

Nothing prepares you for the breeching of the waters, the spout fluming into air, the lusty cry of new life.

oxygen world James Claffey 2012

She chronicles the hard work of mining, both digging and fluming -- that is, diverting a river from its bed to excavate where the water once was.

Louise A. K. S. Clappe, "Dame Shirley" 2010

It will be a few years before she can start fluming.

The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

It will be a few years before she can start fluming.

The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

It will be a few years before she can start fluming.

The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

At first the idea of Bobby fluming around to other worlds to battle evil sounded romantic and exciting.

Raven Rise D. J. MacHale 2008

At first the idea of Bobby fluming around to other worlds to battle evil sounded romantic and exciting.

Raven Rise D. J. MacHale 2008

He was a member of the prestigious Sci-Clops science club, but that was his only nonschool activity…other than fluming to another territory to save a race of cat people from extermination.

The Rivers of Zadaa D. J. MacHale 2005