SLUICY

Etymology

Adjective

sluicy (comparative more sluicy, superlative most sluicy)

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

Source: Wiktionary


Slui`cy, a.

Definition: Falling copiously or in streams, as from a sluice. And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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