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A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a
line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a
plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below. |
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Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line
attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb. |
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In a plumb direction; perpendicularly. |
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To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular;
as, to plumb a building or a wall. |
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To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water;
hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension,
etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test. |
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To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe. |
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To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing. |
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