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Quant :: Quant (n.) A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.

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

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

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..

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

Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up..

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

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

Creux :: Creux (n.) Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design..

Support :: Support (v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits..

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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

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

Depression :: Depression (n.) The state of being depressed; a sinking.

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