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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 575 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FLUME (through an O. Fr. word glum, from the
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Lat. "lumen, a
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river)  , a word formerly used for a stream, and parti, ularly for the tail of a
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mill-
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race . It is used in
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America for a very narrow
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gorge
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running between precipitous rocks, with a stream at the bottom, but more frequently is applied to an artificial channel of
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wood or other material for the diversion of a stream of
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water from a
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river for purposes of
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irrigation, for running a saw-mill, or for various processes in the
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hydraulic method of
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gold-
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mining (see
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AQUEDUCT) .

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