Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sinker"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sinker
n 1: a small ring-shaped friedcake [syn: {doughnut}, {donut}]
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
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