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English Dictionary: sinker by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sinker
n
  1. a small ring-shaped friedcake [syn: doughnut, donut, sinker]
  2. a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
  3. a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      {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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