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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..

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..

Pregravitate :: Pregravitate (v. i.) To descend by gravity; to sink.

Faint :: Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

Cavo-rilievo :: Cavo-rilievo (n.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around..

Cower :: Cower (v. i.) To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear..

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

Cesspipe :: Cesspipe (n.) A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool..

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..

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

Bog :: Bog (n.) A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.

Countersinking :: Countersinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countersin.

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

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

Settle :: Settle (n.) To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it..

Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A line with a row of hooks and bead/shaped sinkers.

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

Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To conseal and appropriate.

Forcer :: Forcer (n.) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc..

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

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