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Draff :: Draff (n.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.

Intensity :: Intensity (n.) The degree or depth of shade in a picture.

Bathymetry :: Bathymetry (n.) The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea..

Depth :: Depth (n.) Lowness; as, depth of sound..

Profound :: Profound (a.) Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing..

Globigerina :: Globigerina (n.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera..

Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

Deep :: Deep (n.) That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss..

Inframedian :: Inframedian (a.) Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms..

Lysimeter :: Lysimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil.

Barrage :: Barrage (n.) An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile..

Dislodge :: Dislodge (v. t.) To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms..

Chill :: Chill (v. i.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others..

Hypogene :: Hypogene (a.) Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed of have taken place beneath a great thickness of overlying rocks. Opposed to epigene..

Profoundness :: Profoundness (n.) The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth.

Thick :: Thick (superl.) Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck..

Plummet :: Plummet (n.) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water..

Phalanx :: Phalanx (n.) A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men..

Thick :: Thick (adv.) To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure..

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