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Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.

Bead Proof :: Bead proof () Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters..

Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..

Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.

Countersink :: Countersink (n.) An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt..

Profound :: Profound (v. t.) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing..

Shore :: Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..

Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support..

Reside :: Reside (v. i.) To sink; to settle, as sediment..

Swoon :: Swoon (v. i.) To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away..

Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork..

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..

Sinker :: Sinker (n.) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it..

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

Sinking :: Sinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sin.

Supportable :: Support (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery..

Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt..

Introcession :: Introcession (n.) A depression, or inward sinking of parts..

Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc..

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