| slovo | definícia |
sink
(mass) | sink
- umývadlo, výlevka, ponoriť |
sink
(msas) | sink
- sank, sunk |
sink
(msasasci) | sink
- sank, sunk |
sink
(encz) | sink,dřez n: |
sink
(encz) | sink,klesnout v: RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
sink
(encz) | sink,ponor n: lodi Zdeněk Brož |
sink
(encz) | sink,ponořit v: Zdeněk Brož |
sink
(encz) | sink,potápět se v: Zdeněk Brož |
sink
(encz) | sink,potopit v: Pajosh |
sink
(encz) | sink,potopit se v: Pajosh |
sink
(encz) | sink,sink/sank/sunk v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
sink
(encz) | sink,snížit v: RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
sink
(encz) | sink,umyvadlo n: Zdeněk Brož |
sink
(encz) | sink,výlevka n: Zdeněk Brož |
sink
(encz) | sink,zapustit v: Zdeněk Brož |
sink
(encz) | sink,žumpa n: Zdeněk Brož |
Sink
(gcide) | Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. Sunk (s[u^][ng]k), or
(Sank (s[a^][ng]k)); p. p. Sunk (obs. Sunken, -- now
used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinking.] [OE. sinken, AS.
sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel.
s["o]kkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth. siggan, and probably
to E. silt. Cf. Silt.]
1. To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend
lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a
stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks
in the west.
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I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2.
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2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the
surface; to penetrate.
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The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii.
49.
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3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to
enter completely.
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Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke
ix. 44.
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4. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the
ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in
strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.
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I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
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He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix.
24.
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Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer.
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5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become
diminished in volume or in apparent height.
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The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison.
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Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay;
decrease; lessen.
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Sink
(gcide) | Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. t.
1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or
submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
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[The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a
single ship. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
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2. Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade;
hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping;
as, to sink one's reputation.
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I raise of sink, imprison or set free. --Prior.
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If I have a conscience, let it sink me. --Shak.
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Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power
Has sunk thy father more than all his years. --Rowe.
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3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting,
etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
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4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
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You sunk the river repeated draughts. --Addison.
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5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang]
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If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you
happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take
up the goods on account. --Swift.
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6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
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A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths.
--Robertson.
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7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the
national debt.
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Sink
(gcide) | Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), n.
1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
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2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other
material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving
filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
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3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and
are lost; -- called also sink hole. [U. S.]
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4. The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence
the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation;
as, the sink of the Humboldt River. [Western U. S.]
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Sink hole.
(a) The opening to a sink drain.
(b) A cesspool.
(c) Same as Sink, n., 3.
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sink
(wn) | sink
n 1: plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a
wall or floor and having a drainpipe
2: (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy
or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon
dioxide" [ant: source]
3: a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean
passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or
by collapse of a cavern roof [syn: sinkhole, sink,
swallow hole]
4: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn:
cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump]
v 1: fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his
knees" [syn: sink, drop, drop down]
2: cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl
Harbor"
3: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into
nirvana" [syn: sink, pass, lapse]
4: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" [syn:
sink, settle, go down, go under] [ant: float,
swim]
5: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He
sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn: sink,
subside]
6: appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon";
"The setting sun sank below the tree line" [syn: dip,
sink]
7: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate
market fell off" [syn: slump, fall off, sink]
8: fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My
spirits sank" [syn: slump, slide down, sink]
9: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He
buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury, sink] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
sink
(mass) | sink
- umývadlo, výlevka, ponoriť |
sink
(msas) | sink
- sank, sunk |
sink
(msasasci) | sink
- sank, sunk |
countersink
(encz) | countersink,zahloubit v: Zdeněk Brož |
countersink bit
(encz) | countersink bit, n: |
die-sinker
(encz) | die-sinker, n: |
diesinker
(encz) | diesinker, n: |
everything but the kitchen sink
(encz) | everything but the kitchen sink, |
everything except the kitchen sink
(encz) | everything except the kitchen sink,úplně všechno [fráz.] říká se, když
například jede někdo na dovolenou a bere si spoustu nadbytečných
věcí Pino |
heat sink
(encz) | heat sink,chladič n: parkmajheat sink,odvod tepla n: parkmaj |
heatsink
(encz) | heatsink,chladič n: také heat sink Suky |
helsinki
(encz) | Helsinki,Helsinky n: [jmén.] [zem.] hlavní město Finska Zdeněk Brož |
helsinki protocol.
(encz) | Helsinki Protocol.,Helsinský protokol [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hook line and sinker
(encz) | hook line and sinker, adv: |
kitchen sink
(encz) | kitchen sink, n: |
pusinku
(encz) | pusinku, |
sink
(encz) | sink,dřez n: sink,klesnout v: RNDr. Pavel Piskačsink,ponor n: lodi Zdeněk Brožsink,ponořit v: Zdeněk Brožsink,potápět se v: Zdeněk Brožsink,potopit v: Pajoshsink,potopit se v: Pajoshsink,sink/sank/sunk v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladsink,snížit v: RNDr. Pavel Piskačsink,umyvadlo n: Zdeněk Brožsink,výlevka n: Zdeněk Brožsink,zapustit v: Zdeněk Brožsink,žumpa n: Zdeněk Brož |
sink in
(encz) | sink in, v: |
sink into
(encz) | sink into,vnořit web |
sink into oblivion
(encz) | sink into oblivion,upadnout v zapomnění [fráz.] Pino |
sink plug
(encz) | sink plug,špunt ke dřezu n: Pino |
sink water pit
(encz) | sink water pit,sběrná jímka (vodní hospodářství) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
sinkable
(encz) | sinkable,potopitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sinker
(encz) | sinker,hlubič n: Zdeněk Brož |
sinkhole
(encz) | sinkhole, |
sinking
(encz) | sinking,klesající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sinking feeling
(encz) | sinking feeling, |
sinking fund
(encz) | sinking fund,umořovací fond Zdeněk Brož |
sinking spell
(encz) | sinking spell, n: |
sinks
(encz) | sinks,potápí Zdeněk Brož |
time sink
(encz) | time sink,činnost, která zabíjí příliš mnoho času n: [slang.] Pino |
unsinkable
(encz) | unsinkable,nepotopitelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
brusinka
(czen) | brusinka,cowberryn: Zdeněk Brožbrusinka,cranberry brusinka,lingonberryn: Ritchie |
brusinky
(czen) | brusinky,cranberriesn: pl. Cascaval |
dresinky
(czen) | dresinky,dressingsn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
helsinky
(czen) | Helsinky,Helsinkin: [jmén.] [zem.] hlavní město Finska Zdeněk Brož |
kvasinka
(czen) | kvasinka,candidan: Zdeněk Brož |
kvasinka saccharomyces cerevisiae
(czen) | kvasinka Saccharomyces cerevisiae,budding yeastn: [bio.] Helena
Handrková |
kvasinka schizosaccharomyces pombe
(czen) | kvasinka Schizosaccharomyces pombe,fission yeastn: [bio.] Helena
Handrková |
kvasinky
(czen) | kvasinky,yeastsn: Zdeněk Brož |
psinka
(czen) | psinka,distempern: Zdeněk Brož |
pusinkovat
(czen) | pusinkovat,osculatev: Zdeněk Brož |
sink/sank/sunk
(czen) | sink/sank/sunk,sankv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladsink/sank/sunk,sinkv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladsink/sank/sunk,sunkv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
sněhová pusinka
(czen) | sněhová pusinka,meringuen: Zdeněk Brož |
Countersink
(gcide) | Countersink \Coun"ter*sink`\ (koun"t[~e]r*s[i^][ng]k`; 277), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Countersunk (-s[u^][ng]k`); p. pr. & vb.
n. Countersinking.]
1. To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole
in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a
screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part;
as, to countersink a hole for a screw.
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2. To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to
countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.
[1913 Webster]Countersink \Coun"ter*sink`\, n.
1. An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a
cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or
bolt.
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Note: In the United States a flaring cavity formed by
chamfering the edges of a round hole is called a
countersink, while a cylindrical flat-bottomed
enlargement of the mouth of the hole is usually called
a conterbore.
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2. A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.
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Countersinking
(gcide) | Countersink \Coun"ter*sink`\ (koun"t[~e]r*s[i^][ng]k`; 277), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Countersunk (-s[u^][ng]k`); p. pr. & vb.
n. Countersinking.]
1. To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole
in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a
screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part;
as, to countersink a hole for a screw.
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2. To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to
countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.
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Diesinker
(gcide) | Diesinker \Die"sink`er\, n.
An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.
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Diesinking
(gcide) | Diesinking \Die"sink`ing\, n.
The process of engraving dies.
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Dividing sinker
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Dividing \Di*vid"ing\, a.
That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.
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Dividing engine, a machine for graduating circles (as for
astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also,
for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels.
Dividing sinker. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker.
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Jack sinker
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]Jack \Jack\ (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?,
Heb. Ya 'aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a
supplanter. Cf. Jacobite, Jockey.]
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1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.
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You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby. --Shak.
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2. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a
clown; also, a servant; a rustic. "Jack fool." --Chaucer.
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Since every Jack became a gentleman,
There 's many a gentle person made a Jack. --Shak.
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3. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also
Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
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4. A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a
subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient
service, and often supplying the place of a boy or
attendant who was commonly called Jack; as:
(a) A device to pull off boots.
(b) A sawhorse or sawbuck.
(c) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke
jack, or kitchen jack.
(b) (Mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by
blasting.
(e) (Knitting Machine) A lever for depressing the sinkers
which push the loops down on the needles.
(f) (Warping Machine) A grating to separate and guide the
threads; a heck box.
(g) (Spinning) A machine for twisting the sliver as it
leaves the carding machine.
(h) A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
(i) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
(k) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for
multiplying speed.
(l) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent
pipe, to prevent a back draught.
(m) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece
communicating the action of the key to the quill; --
called also hopper.
(n) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the
torch used to attract game at night; also, the light
itself. --C. Hallock.
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5. A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting
great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body such as
an automobile through a small distance. It consists of a
lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any
simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a
compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever,
crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a
jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.
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6. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
--Shak.
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Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the
jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon
it. --Sir W.
Scott.
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7. The male of certain animals, as of the ass.
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8. (Zool.)
(a) A young pike; a pickerel.
(b) The jurel.
(c) A large, California rock fish ({Sebastodes
paucispinus}); -- called also boccaccio, and
m['e]rou.
(d) The wall-eyed pike.
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9. A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding
a quarter of a pint. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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10. (Naut.)
(a) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly,
usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap;
-- called also union jack. The American jack is a
small blue flag, with a star for each State.
(b) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead,
to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal
shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree. --R. H.
Dana, Jr.
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11. The knave of a suit of playing cards.
12. (pl.) A game played with small (metallic, with
tetrahedrally oriented spikes) objects (the jacks(1950+),
formerly jackstones) that are tossed, caught, picked up,
and arranged on a horizontal surface in various patterns;
in the modern American game, the movements are
accompanied by tossing or bouncing a rubber ball on the
horizontal surface supporting the jacks. same as
jackstones.
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13. Money. [slang]
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14. Apple jack.
[PJC]
15. Brandy.
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Note: Jack is used adjectively in various senses. It
sometimes designates something cut short or diminished
in size; as, a jack timber; a jack rafter; a jack arch,
etc.
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Jack arch, an arch of the thickness of one brick.
Jack back (Brewing & Malt Vinegar Manuf.), a cistern which
receives the wort. See under 1st Back.
Jack block (Naut.), a block fixed in the topgallant or
royal rigging, used for raising and lowering light masts
and spars.
Jack boots, boots reaching above the knee; -- worn in the
17 century by soldiers; afterwards by fishermen, etc.
Jack crosstree. (Naut.) See 10, b, above.
Jack curlew (Zool.), the whimbrel.
Jack frame. (Cotton Spinning) See 4
(g), above.
Jack Frost, frost or cold weather personified as a
mischievous person.
Jack hare, a male hare. --Cowper.
Jack lamp, a lamp for still hunting and camp use. See def.
4
(n.), above.
Jack plane, a joiner's plane used for coarse work.
Jack post, one of the posts which support the crank shaft
of a deep-well-boring apparatus.
Jack pot (Poker Playing), the name given to the stakes,
contributions to which are made by each player
successively, till such a hand is turned as shall take the
"pot," which is the sum total of all the bets. See also
jackpot.
Jack rabbit (Zool.), any one of several species of large
American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The
California species (Lepus Californicus), and that of
Texas and New Mexico (Lepus callotis), have the tail
black above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not
become white in winter. The more northern prairie hare
(Lepus campestris) has the upper side of the tail white,
and in winter its fur becomes nearly white.
Jack rafter (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters
used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United
States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters
resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the
pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves
in some styles of building.
Jack salmon (Zool.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.
Jack sauce, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]
Jack shaft (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a
factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or
gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same
means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.
Jack sinker (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by
the jack to depress the loop of thread between two
needles.
Jack snipe. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Jack staff (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon
which the jack is hoisted.
Jack timber (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or
studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the
others.
Jack towel, a towel hung on a roller for common use.
Jack truss (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where
the roof has not its full section.
Jack tree. (Bot.) See 1st Jack, n.
Jack yard (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond
the gaff.
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Blue jack, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Hydraulic jack, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or
forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic
press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply
of liquid, as oil.
Jack-at-a-pinch.
(a) One called upon to take the place of another in an
emergency.
(b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional
service for a fee.
Jack-at-all-trades, one who can turn his hand to any kind
of work.
Jack-by-the-hedge (Bot.), a plant of the genus Erysimum
(Erysimum alliaria, or Alliaria officinalis), which
grows under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a
taste not unlike garlic. Called also, in England,
sauce-alone. --Eng. Cyc.
Jack-in-office, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.
Jack-in-the-bush (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit
(Cordia Cylindrostachya).
Jack-in-the-green, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework
of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.
Jack-of-the-buttery (Bot.), the stonecrop (Sedum acre).
Jack-of-the-clock, a figure, usually of a man, on old
clocks, which struck the time on the bell.
Jack-on-both-sides, one who is or tries to be neutral.
Jack-out-of-office, one who has been in office and is
turned out. --Shak.
Jack the Giant Killer, the hero of a well-known nursery
story.
Yellow Jack (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine
flag. See Yellow flag, under Flag.
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Sink hole
(gcide) | Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), n.
1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
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2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other
material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving
filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
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3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and
are lost; -- called also sink hole. [U. S.]
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4. The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence
the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation;
as, the sink of the Humboldt River. [Western U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Sink hole.
(a) The opening to a sink drain.
(b) A cesspool.
(c) Same as Sink, n., 3.
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sink hole
(gcide) | Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), n.
1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
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2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other
material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving
filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
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3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and
are lost; -- called also sink hole. [U. S.]
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4. The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence
the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation;
as, the sink of the Humboldt River. [Western U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Sink hole.
(a) The opening to a sink drain.
(b) A cesspool.
(c) Same as Sink, n., 3.
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sinkaline
(gcide) | Sincaline \Sin"ca*line\, n. [So called because obtained by the
action of alkalies on sinapine.] (Chem.)
Choline. [Written also sinkaline.]
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Sinker
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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Sinker bar
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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Sinking
(gcide) | Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. Sunk (s[u^][ng]k), or
(Sank (s[a^][ng]k)); p. p. Sunk (obs. Sunken, -- now
used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinking.] [OE. sinken, AS.
sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel.
s["o]kkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth. siggan, and probably
to E. silt. Cf. Silt.]
1. To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend
lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a
stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks
in the west.
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I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2.
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2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the
surface; to penetrate.
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The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii.
49.
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3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to
enter completely.
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Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke
ix. 44.
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4. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the
ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in
strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.
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I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
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He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix.
24.
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Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer.
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5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become
diminished in volume or in apparent height.
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The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison.
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Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay;
decrease; lessen.
[1913 Webster]Sinking \Sink"ing\,
a. & n. from Sink.
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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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Sinking fund
(gcide) | Fund \Fund\, n. [OF. font, fond, nom. fonz, bottom, ground, F.
fond bottom, foundation, fonds fund, fr. L. fundus bottom,
ground, foundation, piece of land. See Found to establish.]
1. An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies
are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for
maintaining existence.
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2. A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the
foundation of some commercial or other operation
undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of
which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a
bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
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3. pl. The stock of a national debt; public securities;
evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government,
for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; --
called also public funds.
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4. An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific
object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund
for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also,
money systematically collected to meet the expenses of
some permanent object.
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5. A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a
supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of
wisdom or good sense.
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An inexhaustible fund of stories. --Macaulay.
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Sinking fund, the aggregate of sums of money set apart and
invested, usually at fixed intervals, for the
extinguishment of the debt of a government, or of a
corporation, by the accumulation of interest.
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a. & n. from Sink.
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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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sinking head
(gcide) | Shrinking \Shrink"ing\,
a. & n. from Shrink.
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Shrinking head (Founding), a body of molten metal connected
with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal to
compensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called
also sinking head, and riser.
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a. & n. from Sink.
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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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