Definition of plumb

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Plumb (v. t.) 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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Plumber Block :: Plumber block () A pillow block.
Wenona :: Wenona (n.) A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family Erycidae..
Wadd :: Wadd (n.) Plumbago, or black lead..
Lead :: Lead (n.) A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils..
Plumb :: Plumb (v. t.) To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall..
Plumbing :: Plumbing (n.) The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc..
Plummet :: Plummet (n.) A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n..
Plumbiferous :: Plumbiferous (a.) Producing or containing lead.
Plumbing :: Plumbing (n.) The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building..
Plumb :: Plumb (a.) Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb..
Plumbery :: Plumbery (n.) The business of a plumber.
Plumbago :: Plumbago (n.) Same as Graphite.
Plumbago :: Plumbago (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort..
Plumbaginous :: Plumbaginous (a.) Resembling plumbago; consisting of, or containing, plumbago; as, a plumbaginous slate..
Unplumb :: Unplumb (v. t.) To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin..
Plumb :: Plumb (adv.) In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
Plumbing :: Plumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plum.
Plumbum :: Plumbum (n.) The technical name of lead. See Lead.
Lead :: Lead (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide..
Plumbeous :: Plumbeous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, lead..
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