sinistrous

[SINISTER.] 1. Being on the left side; inclining toward the left. "Its sinistrous gravity is drawn that way by the great artery."-Browne: Vulgar Errors , p. 179. 2. Wrong, perverse, absurd. "Might not your maid have some sinistrous respect to delude?"-Sheldon: Miracles of Antichrist , p. 332. sin'-Is-troŭs-lý, adv. [Eng. sinistrous; -ly.] 1. With a tendency to use the left hand. "Many in their infancy are sinistrously disposed, and divers continue all their life left-handed, and have but weak and imperfect use of the right."-Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. iv., ch. v. 2. Perversely, wrongly. sink, *sinke (pa. t. sank, sunk, pa. par. of *sonken, sunk, *sunken), v. i. & t. [A. S. sincan (pa. t. sanc, pl. suncon ; pa.par.suncen)=to sink; sencan =to cause to sink; cogn. with Dut. zinken ; Icel. sökkva (pa. t., sökk ; pa. par.sokkin ); Dan. synke; Sw. sjunka ; Goth.sigkwan, sigzkwan ; Ger. sinken.] A. Intransitive : 1. To fall by the force of gravity; to descend to the bottom, as through water, sand, mud, or the like; to become submerged; to descend below the surface. "Have you a mind to sink ?"- Shakesp .: Tempest , i. 1. 2. To fall gradually or subside, as from want of power to keep erect or standing; to drop slowly or gradually. "Vain rage! the mantle quits the conynge hand, Wraps his fierce eye-'tis past-he sinks upon the sand." Byron: Childe Harold , i. 78. 3. To faint, to droop. "For the sorrow almost I sinke." Romaunt of the Rose. 4. To penetrate or enter into any body. 3699 5. To go down, to descend. "Till he sink into his grave."-Shakesp.: Much Ado, ii. 1. 6. To be received; to be impre ed; to enter deeply. (Followed by in or into .) "Let these sayings sink into your ears."- Luke iv. 44. 7. To become hollow from the lo of flesh. (Used. chiefly in the pa. par.) "A blue eye and sunken."-Shakesp.: As You Like It, iii. 2. 8. To take, or appear to take, a lower level or position; to decrease, or appear to decrease, in height; as, The land sinks as a ship sails further from it. 9. To be overwhelmed or depre ed; to give way, "Our country sinks beneath the yoke." Shakesp.: Macbeth, iv. 3. *10. To fall, to perish. "Now, Troy, sink down."-Shakesp.: Troilus, v. 8. 11. To change from a better to a worse state; to decay, to decrease; to fall off or decline in value, strength, vigor, estimation, or the like. "The value, as it rises in times of opulence and pros. perity, so it sinks in times of poverty and distre ."Smith: Wealth of Nations , bk. i., ch. xi. *12. To fall into a state of rest or indolence. B. Transitive: sinopia *sink-a-pāçe, s . [CINQUE PACE.] sink-er, s. [Eng. sink, v.; -er.] One who or that which sinks; specifically: 1. A leaden weight for a fishing-line, net or seine. "I have frequently found baits, fine, strong, and lively, remain untouched on a line weighted with a single sinker."- Field , Jan. 2, 1886. 2. A sink-stone (q. v.). "A water-worn nodule of sandstone, five inches long, with a deep groove round it, and described as probably a sinker for a net or line, was found in Aberdeen shire." Evans : Ancient Stone Implements , p. 211. 3. Knitting - machine : A sinker-wheel (q. v.). sinker-bar, s. A bar in a knitting-machine to which the lead-sinkers are attached. sinker-wheel, s. Knitting- machine : A wheel with a series of ob lique wings to depre the yarn between the needles. IMG:content-1502.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To depre , to degrade, to lower. 4. To plunge into destruction; to ruin, to make to shrinking. perish. "If I have a conscience, let it sink me, Ev'n as the ax falls, if I be not faithful." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., ii. 1. 5. To make by digging or delving. "In this square they sink a pit, and dig for freestone." -Add is on: On Italy. *6. To reduce in quantity; to bring low. "When on the banks of an unlook'd-for stream, You sunk the river with repeated draughts." Add is on. ( Todd. ) *7. To lower in value or amount; to decrease the value of. *8. To crush, to depre , to overbear. "The first of these will sink the spirit of a hero." Pope. (Todd.) *9. To suppre , to conceal, to appropriate, "If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up goods on account."- Swift : Directions to Servants. 10. Not to take into account; to lose sight of; to suppre ; as, to sink self. 11. To invest, as money, more or le permanently, in any undertaking or scheme for the sake of a profitable return, interest, or the like. [SINKING FUND.] To sink the shop . To avoid all allusion to one's busine or calling sink, *sinke, s. [SINK, v.] 1. A receptacle for filth; a kennel, a sewer. "The bailife that had the charge of the publiek sinkes vaulted under the ground, dealt with Scaurus."- P . Hol land: Pliny, bk. xxxvi., ch. ii. 2. A tray into which slops or wash-water are poured, to get rid of them by means of a pipe which carries them to a drain. Sinks are used in kitchens, wash-houses, . 3. Any place where corruption is gathered. "She poured forth out of her hellish sinke Her fruitful cursed spawne of serpents small." Spenser: F. Q., I. i. 22. Used also fig.; as, a sink of iniquity. 4. A hole or depre ion in land or rock where waters sink and are lost. IMG:content-1503.png:[blocks in formation] chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; *sinking-ripe, a. Ready to sink; on the point of sinking. "The sailors sought for safety by our boat, And left the ship, then sinking - ripe , to us." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors, i. 1. sin'-le , a. [Eng.sin; -le .] 1. Exempt from sin; innocent. "To condemn themselves, as false and insincere, because they are not perfect and sinle ." -Atterbury : Sermons, vol. iii., ser. 12. 2. Free from sin; pure, perfect. "Some bent at Thee their fiery darts, while Thou Sat'st unappall'd in calm and sinle peace!" Milton: P. R. , iv. 425. sin-lě -lý, adv . [Eng. sinle ; -ly.] In a sinle manner; without sin, innocently.