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Tubbing :: Tubbing (n.) A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety..

Sink :: Sink (v. i.) Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely..

Die :: Die (v. i.) To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc..

Sag :: Sag (n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.

Wade :: Wade (v. i.) To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc..

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..

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)..

Merge :: Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

Cadence :: Cadence (n.) The act or state of declining or sinking.

Imbed :: Imbed (v. t.) To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc..

Support :: Support (v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits..

Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.

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

Swain :: Swaggy (a.) Inclined to swag; sinking, hanging, or leaning by its weight..

Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.

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

Barratry :: Barratry (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo..

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

Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice..

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