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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..

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..

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

Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..

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

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..

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..

Sink :: Sink (n.) A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole..

Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt..

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

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

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

Die :: Die (v. i.) To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc..

Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes..

Wane :: Wane (v. i.) To decline; to fail; to sink.

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines..

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..

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

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

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

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