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Definition: Sinking pump
Sinking
\Sink"ing\,
a. & n. from
Sink.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]