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unˈsluice, v.
[un-1 4 b, 5.]
1. trans. To let out as from a sluice; to allow to flow.
1611Florio, Schiuso,..vnshut, vnlockt, vnsclused. 1648Herrick Hesper., Sailing fr. Julia, Forbeare (In my short absence) to unsluce a teare. a1711Ken Hymns Evang. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 237 Unsluce his Blood, till now undrein'd. 1787Generous Attachment I. 167 Enough to unsluice the water from any female eye. 1826J. Montgomery Chron. Angels Wks. 1841 IV. 309 Angels, with healing virtue in their wings,..unsluice earth's bosom-springs.
2. To furnish with an outlet.
1652Benlowes Theoph. iii. xcv, Here did she seal her lips, unsluice her eyes To flowing rhet'ric. 1700Dryden Ovid's Met., Mel. & Atalanta 365 Now lofty Calidon in Ruines lies; All Ages, all Degrees unsluice their Eyes. 1721Young Revenge ii. ad fin., I must unsluice my overburthen'd heart And let it flow. |