unsluicev.
1. transitive. To let out as from a sluice; to allow to flow.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (transitive)] > make or allow (to) flow
draw1379
flow1413
unsluice1611
flush1815
tide1861
unsiphon1878
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Schiuso,..vnshut, vnlockt, vnsclused.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. B6 Forbeare (In my short absence) to unsluce a teare.
a1711 T. Ken Hymns for Festivals in Wks. (1721) I. 237 Unsluce his Blood, till now undrein'd.
1787 Generous Attachm. I. 167 Enough to unsluice the water from any female eye.
1835 J. Montgomery Chron. Angels in Poet's Portfolio 295 Angels, with healing virtue in their wings,..unsluice earth's bosom-springs.
2. To furnish with an outlet.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)]
undoc893
untinec950
openOE
to-doOE
undita1225
leesea1325
unfolda1325
unspeara1325
unclosea1350
to open upa1400
disclose?1440
opea1450
unlock?1548
uncask1594
unhinge1624
unsluice1652
reserate1657
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iii. xcv. 49 Here did She seal her Lips, unsluce her Eyes To flowing Rhet'rick.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 118 Now lofty Calidon in Ruines lies; All Ages, all Degrees unsluice their Eyes.
1721 E. Young Revenge ii. (ad fin.) I must unsluice my overburthen'd heart And let it flow.
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