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Definition: sinking head
Shrinking
\Shrink"ing\,
a. & n. from
Shrink.
[1913 Webster]
Shrinking head (Founding), a body of molten metal connected
with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal to
compensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called
also
sinking head, and
riser.
[1913 Webster]