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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..

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

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

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes..

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..

Swamp :: Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties..

Slur :: Slur (n.) In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them..

Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.

Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees..

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

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..

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

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

Post :: Post (v. i.) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting..

Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To sink down by its weight; to sag.

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

Jetson :: "Jetson (n.) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy..

Scuttle :: Scuttle (v. t.) To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship..

Settle :: Settle (n.) To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee..

Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To sink when on the wing; to alight.

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