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Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.

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

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..

Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw..

Fade :: Fade (a.) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.

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

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..

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..

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

Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed..

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..

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

Suspension :: Suspensible (a.) Capable of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.

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

Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead..

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

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

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

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

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