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Definition of Sinkings
1. sinking [n] - See also: sinking
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinkings
Literary usage of Sinkings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1866)
"Ejections of water, often hot, from earthquakes; from risings and sinkings of
strata ; and from earthquakes combined with ..."
2. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"... Embassy—M. Wolkoff s amusing repartee —German and British figures of submarine
sinkings—The Haig- Nivelle trouble—A luncheon for the Prime Minister and ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"chasing,' where deeper sinkings and bolder prominence are given to the different
parts of the design. We must notice one other question relative ..."
4. International Law and the World War by James Wilford Garner (1920)
"... Germany on her part engaging that her submarines would not attack hospital
ships carrying such commissioners.1 §326. sinkings in 1918; the Rewa, ..."
5. The Law of Mines, Quarries and Minerals by Robert Forster MacSwinney (1884)
"sinkings or erections near highways. Fencings near highways. No right to burn
bricks, if nuisance created. This principle has been applied against the owner ..."
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