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Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.

Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.

Introcession :: Introcession (n.) A depression, or inward sinking of parts..

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

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..

Sag :: Sag (n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.

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

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..

Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support..

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

Diesinking :: Diesinking (n.) The process of engraving dies.

Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.

Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..

Depression :: Depression (n.) A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions..

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

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..

Immersion :: Immersion (n.) The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx..

Shore :: Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..

Sinking :: Sinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sin.

Countersink :: Countersink (n.) A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.

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