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Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.

Unswell :: Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.

Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes..

Settle :: Settle (n.) To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee..

Diesinking :: Diesinking (n.) The process of engraving dies.

Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects)..

Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.

Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.

Sunken :: Sunk () imp. & p. p. of Sink.

Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees..

Droop :: Droop (v. t.) To let droop or sink.

Founder :: Founder (v. i.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..

Amortize :: Amortize (v. t.) To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund..

Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.

Countersink :: Countersink (n.) A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.

Thurrok :: Thurrok (n.) The hold of a ship; a sink.

Draught :: Draught (n.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught..

Creux :: Creux (n.) Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design..

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