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n. - Sloping channel through which things can descend.

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  • Directed by Gudast, she took a seat on a slideway, let it carry her along a main street.
  • A movable slideway had crawled out to the ship; he stepped on it and let it carry him into the station.
  • Commercial craft mingled here with private vessels, each sidled close, by its protective pier or slideway.
  • To Thorby's surprise Captain Krausa took a slideway outside the Gathering, then whistled down a ground car.
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