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Merge :: Merge (v. i.) To be sunk, swallowed up, or lost..

Snag :: Snag (v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree..

Recoverable :: Recoverable (a.) Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable..

Hollow :: Hollow (a.) Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.

Snag :: Snag (n.) A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk..

Sunken :: Sunken () of Sin.

Underlayer :: Underlayer (n.) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.

Moulding :: Moulding (n.) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t..

Lacunar :: Lacunar (n.) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels..

Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The destruction or injury of a vessel by being cast on shore, or on rocks, or by being disabled or sunk by the force of winds or waves; shipwreck..

Damp :: Damp (superl.) Dejected; depressed; sunk.

Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.

Saucer :: Saucer (n.) A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships..

Foundershaft :: Foundershaft (n.) The first shaft sunk.

Camel :: Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted..

Lacunar :: Lacunar (n.) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.

Depressed :: Depressed (a.) Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.

Water Joint :: Water joint () A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints..

Jetson :: "Jetson (n.) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy..

Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole.

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