Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
bar-mining . - noun An artificial channel and its supporting construction, generally of timber: used to conduct a stream or canal in situations where an earth or masonry channel cannot readily be secured.
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Examples
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The fluming was the largest size, patent-metal stuff, half round, joined with rods, riveted and clinched.
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It is an interesting fact to note that, prior to the building of the dam, part of the water was used for "fluming" lumber and wood to
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Nothing prepares you for the breeching of the waters, the spout fluming into air, the lusty cry of new life.
oxygen world James Claffey 2012
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She chronicles the hard work of mining, both digging and fluming -- that is, diverting a river from its bed to excavate where the water once was.
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It will be a few years before she can start fluming.
The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009
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It will be a few years before she can start fluming.
The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009
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It will be a few years before she can start fluming.
The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009
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At first the idea of Bobby fluming around to other worlds to battle evil sounded romantic and exciting.
Raven Rise D. J. MacHale 2008
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At first the idea of Bobby fluming around to other worlds to battle evil sounded romantic and exciting.
Raven Rise D. J. MacHale 2008
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He was a member of the prestigious Sci-Clops science club, but that was his only nonschool activity…other than fluming to another territory to save a race of cat people from extermination.
The Rivers of Zadaa D. J. MacHale 2005
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