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Droop

To hang bending downward to sink or hang down as an animal plant etc from physical inability or exhaustion want of nourishment or the

Fall

To Descend either suddenly or gradually particularly to descend by the force of gravity to drop to sink as the apple falls the tide falls the mercury falls in the barometer

Flotation process

a flowing liquid the substances that are quickly wet readily overcoming the surface tension of the liquid and sinking the others flowing off in a film or slime on the surface though perhaps having a greater specific

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Drakestone

flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks also the sport of so throwing stones sometimes called ducks and drakes

Barratry

any fraud upon the owners or insurers of a ship by the master or crew, as deserting her, sinking her, or doing any act which may subject her to arrest, detention, loss, or forfeiture, etc. It is

Admortisation or amortisation

Amortissement, Fr.], (1) the alienation of lands or tenements into mortmain; (2) the redemption of debt by a sinking fund.

Sinker

One who or that which sinks

Sagging

A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing in consequence of its own or an imposed weight an arching downward

Quicksand

a river or along some coasts and very dangerous from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it

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A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud a setting pole

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Droop

To hang bending downward to sink or hang down as an animal plant etc from physical inability or exhaustion want of nourishment or the

Fall

To Descend either suddenly or gradually particularly to descend by the force of gravity to drop to sink as the apple falls the tide falls the mercury falls in the barometer

Flotation process

a flowing liquid the substances that are quickly wet readily overcoming the surface tension of the liquid and sinking the others flowing off in a film or slime on the surface though perhaps having a greater specific

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Drakestone

flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks also the sport of so throwing stones sometimes called ducks and drakes

Barratry

any fraud upon the owners or insurers of a ship by the master or crew, as deserting her, sinking her, or doing any act which may subject her to arrest, detention, loss, or forfeiture, etc. It is

Admortisation or amortisation

Amortissement, Fr.], (1) the alienation of lands or tenements into mortmain; (2) the redemption of debt by a sinking fund.

Sinker

One who or that which sinks

Sagging

A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing in consequence of its own or an imposed weight an arching downward

Quicksand

a river or along some coasts and very dangerous from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it

Quant

A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud a setting pole

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