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Webster 1913 Edition
Sinker
Sink′er
,Noun.
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
, Noun.
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.