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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Shrink, v. t.
 1. To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
 2. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.]
    The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn.   --Milton.
 To shrink on Mach., to fix (one piece or part) firmly around (another) by natural contraction in cooling, as a tire on a wheel, or a hoop upon a cannon, which is made slightly smaller than the part it is to fit, and expanded by heat till it can be slipped into place.