sluicing, vbl. n.
(ˈsluːsɪŋ)
[f. sluice v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb, in various senses.
| 1840 Thackeray Catherine viii, They wanted a sluicing. 1874 Raymond Statist. Mines & Min. 327 The all-important drawback is the lack of water for sluicing, or even for simple washing. 1889 Anthony's Photogr. Bulletin II. 373 A good sluicing of the eyes in cold water every morning will be found beneficial. |
b. attrib., as sluicing claim, sluicing company.
| 1859 Cornwallis New World I. 328 The St. Andrew's Mining and Sluicing Company. 1882 U.S. Rep. Prec. Metals 105 The Fox Creek and Boulder Creek sluicing claims have uniformly done well. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 293 A great sluicing claim, where the water..spouted clear and strong over heaps of auriferous earth. |