Definition of Sluicy

1. a. Falling copiously or in streams, as from a sluice.

Definition of Sluicy

1. Adjective. Falling copiously or in streams, as if from a sluice. ¹

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Definition of Sluicy

1. falling in streams [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sluicy

slugs
slugworm
slugworms
sluice
sluice down
sluice valve
sluiced
sluicegate
sluicelike
sluices
sluiceway
sluiceways
sluicier
sluiciest
sluicing
sluicy (current term)
sluing
sluit
sluits
slum
slum area
slumber
slumber parties
slumber party
slumbered
slumberer
slumberers
slumbering
slumberingly
slumberland

Literary usage of Sluicy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra by Antonio Vieyra (1813)
"—sluicy rain, chuveiro, ou «huva grande, como quando chove a cantaros. To Sluice, va soltar, hum dique, &c. abrir ou tirar a comporta para fazer sahir a ..."

2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain, Sucked by the spungy clouds from off the main : The lofty skies at once come pouring down, The promised crop ..."

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