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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sinking \Sink"ing\,
     a. & n. from Sink.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Sinking fund. See under Fund.
  
     Sinking head (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed
        as the casting shrinks. See Riser, n., 4.
  
     Sinking pump, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a
        mine shaft as the level of the water sinks.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sinking \Sink"ing\,
     a. & n. from Sink.
  
     Sinking fund. See under Fund.
  
     Sinking head (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed
        as the casting shrinks. See Riser, n., 4.
  
     Sinking pump, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a
        mine shaft as the level of the water sinks.

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