Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sluice, canal, or lock on a navigable river; a weir with floodgates; a navigable sluice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
sluice orlock , as in ariver , to make it morenavigable .
Etymologies
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Examples
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With the two Sir Williams to the Trinity-house; and there in their society had the business debated of Sir Nicholas Crisp's sasse at Deptford.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1662 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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Above all Mr. Waith, at whose child's christening our wives and we should have been to-day, but none of them went and I am glad of it, for he is a very rogue, So home, and drew up our report for Sir N. Crispe's sasse, and so to bed.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1662 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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Above all Mr. Waith, at whose child's christening our wives and we should have been to-day, but none of them went and I am glad of it, for he is a very rogue, So home, and drew up our report for Sir N. Crispe's sasse, and so to bed.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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With the two Sir Williams to the Trinity-house; and there in their society had the business debated of Sir Nicholas Crisp's sasse at Deptford.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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Above all Mr. Waith, at whose child's christening our wives and we should have been to-day, but none of them went and I am glad of it, for he is a very rogue, So home, and drew up our report for Sir N. Crispe's sasse, and so to bed.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1661/62 Pepys, Samuel 1662
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With the two Sir Williams to the Trinity-house; and there in their society had the business debated of Sir Nicholas Crisp's sasse at Deptford.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1661/62 Pepys, Samuel 1662
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Thence with him to the Trinity-house to dinner; where Sir Richard Brown (one of the clerks of the Council, and who is much concerned against Sir N. Crisp's project of making a great sasse
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1662 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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Thence with him to the Trinity-house to dinner; where Sir Richard Brown (one of the clerks of the Council, and who is much concerned against Sir N. Crisp's project of making a great sasse
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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Thence with him to the Trinity-house to dinner; where Sir Richard Brown (one of the clerks of the Council, and who is much concerned against Sir N. Crisp's project of making a great sasse
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1661/62 Pepys, Samuel 1662
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