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Flume

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Flume'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/flume.html. 1828.