adj. inert; slowmoving. sluggishly ado. sluggishness n. sluice islu:si n. 1 (also sluicegate, sluicevalve) sliding gate or other con ‘ trivance for regulating the volume or flow of water. 2 water so regulated. 3 (sluiceway) artificial waterchannel, esp. for washing ore. 4 place for rinsing. 5 act of rinsing. v. (cing) 1 provide or wash with a sluice or sluices. 2 rinse, esp. with running water. 3 (foil. by out, away) wash out or away with a flow of water. 4 (of water) rush out (as if) from a sluice. [French escluse]
