Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A watercourse or gulch.
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Examples
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a deep valley, traversed by a broad "sluit" or muddy water course.
The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs 1896
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"Four miles beyond Hind's store the column following the scouts, which met with no opposition, ascended a steep rise of some 400 feet, and came full in view of the Boer position on the opposite side of a deep valley, traversed by a broad 'sluit' or muddy watercourse.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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Dit sluit in die toestand van fasiliteite, toerusting en voertuie, personeel, wapentuig en wapenstelsels, beskikbaarheid van ammunisie en toerusting, ens.
Speech by Dr Gerhard Koornhof during the Defence Department Budget Vote Debate 2008
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Geagte Speaker, Generaal Viljoen en die Vryheidsfront het be - sluit geneem om die saak waarvoor hulle staan binne ons demokratiese bestel te beding.
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Dit sluit in privaatversekering, direkte betaling, die besigheidsektor se bydrae om toeganklikheid tot dienste te verhoog.
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Dit bring onder andere mee dat 'n getroude vrou gelyke bestuursbevoegdhede met haar man verkry en in die toekoms in die algemeen nie meer haar eggenoot se toestemming sal benodig om kontrakte te sluit nie.
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Hierdie reelings bepaal onder andere dat ondernemings vir die dag sluit.
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Ons doen steed 'n beroep op sulke partye om nou, selfs in hierdie laat stadium, by Kodesa aan te sluit.
ADDRESS TO CODESA BY COMRADE NELSON R. MANDELA, PRESIDENT OF THE ANC 1991
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Ons doen steed 'n beroep op sulke partye om nou, selfs in hierdie laat stadium, by Kodesa aan te sluit.
ADDRESS TO CODESA BY COMRADE NELSON R. MANDELA, PRESIDENT OF THE ANC 1991
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It is a flat plain the whole way, but down the middle of it is a deep sluit or watercourse, some thirty feet deep, with steep, sudden banks, and through this the road dips down and passes.
With Rimington L. March Phillipps
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