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sinker


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sinker  \Sink"er\,  n. 
  One  who  or  that  which  sinks.  Specifically: 
  a  A  weight  on  something  as  on  a  fish  line  to  sink  it 
  b  In  knitting  machines,  one  of  the  thin  plates,  blades,  or 
  other  devices,  that  depress  the  loops  upon  or  between  the 
  needles. 
 
  {Dividing  sinker},  in  knitting  machines,  a  sinker  between  two 
  jack  sinkers  and  acting  alternately  with  them 
 
  {Jack  sinker}.  See  under  {Jack},  n. 
 
  {Sinker  bar}. 
  a  In  knitting  machines,  a  bar  to  which  one  set  of  the 
  sinkers  is  attached. 
  b  In  deep  well  boring,  a  heavy  bar  forming  a  connection 
  between  the  lifting  rope  and  the  boring  tools,  above  the 
  jars. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sinker 
  n  1:  a  small  ring-shaped  friedcake  [syn:  {doughnut},  {donut}] 
  2:  a  pitch  that  curves  downward  rapidly  as  it  approaches  the 
  plate 




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