Definitions for "Sinker"
Keywords:  bait, plummet, lure, fish, trout
A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
a lump of lead attached to the line near the hook
Keywords:  hoof, super, laminar, laminae, grave
A grave case of founder in which laminitis has destroyed so many of the laminae that the bone column is no longer suspended and begins to sink within the hoof.
Bond whose interest and principal payments are made from a sinking fund. see also super sinker bond.
A bond with interest and principal payments coming from the proceeds of a sinking fund.
a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
a good double-play pitch, but not when it is thrown by the shortstop
a pitch in which the ball is spun so that it drops suddenly as it reaches the plate
a small ring-shaped friedcake
A V-shaped groove in the rock, getting deeper further down, which is ideal for holding nuts placed as pro. Happily, water erosion has complied by producing such shapes in weathered rock over the millennia in countless locations.
A substance that forms an immiscible system with water, but as the specific gravity is greater than 1.0, these materials will sink below the surface of the water. Alkyl halides, such as carbon tetrachloride and many pesticides, exert this nonpolar, physical behavior.
In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.
The sinkers are steel elements that are located between the needles. The sinker holds the previously knitted fabric and prevents the loop from rising up the needle and interfering with the knitting action. It also helps support the old loop for the needle to pull the new loop through.
Keywords:  inlet, reservoir, anchor, feeds, pump
The inlet filter that connects to the end of the line that feeds MOBILE PHASE to the LC pump. Also serves to anchor the inlet line to the bottom of the reservoir. [ see graphic
Keywords:  blank, warp, weaving, thread, square
In weaving design, a blank square indicating a filling thread over a warp thread at the point of insertion.
Keywords:  drill, holes, held, hand, down
A hand-held drill primarily designed to drill down holes.
Keywords:  provision, fund, created
a fund created by a provision in many
Keywords:  one
One who, or that which, sinks.