Sink, n. 1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
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.
3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost;
-- called also sink hole. [U. S.]
Sink hole. (a) The opening to a sink drain. (b) A cesspool. (c) Same as
Sink, n., 3.
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.
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.
Sin"less (?), a. Free from sin. Piers Plowman.
-- Sin"less*ly, adv. -- Sin"less*ness, n.
Sin"ner (?), n. One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned
without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor;
one condemned by the law of God.