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

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

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

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

Diesinker :: Diesinker (n.) An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc..

Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..

Quicksand :: Quicksand (n.) Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it..

Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

Deeply :: Deeply (adv.) At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as, to sink deeply..

Fall :: Fall (n.) A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence..

Amortization :: Amortization (n.) The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid..

Sank :: Sank () imp. of Sink.

Deepen :: Deepen (v. t.) To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel..

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

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

Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.

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

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..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water..

Set :: Set (v. i.) To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.

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