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- Plumb - n. - 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.
- Plumb - a. - Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
- Plumb - adv. - In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
- Plumb - v. t. - To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
- 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.
- Plumb - v. t. - To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
- Plumb - v. t. - To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
- Plumbage - n. - Leadwork
- Plumbagin - n. - A crystalline substance said to be found in the root of a certain plant of the Leadwort (Plumbago) family.
- Plumbagineous - a. - Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which Plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera.
- Plumbaginous - a. - Resembling plumbago; consisting of, or containing, plumbago; as, a plumbaginous slate.
- Plumbago - n. - Same as Graphite.
- Plumbago - n. - A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort.
- Plumbean - a. - Alt. of Plumbeous
- Plumbed - imp. & p. p. - of Plumb
- Plumbeous - a. - Consisting of, or resembling, lead.
- Plumbeous - a. - Dull; heavy; stupid.
- Plumber - n. - One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.
- Plumber block - - A pillow block.
- Plumbery - n. - The business of a plumber.
- Plumbery - n. - A place where plumbing is carried on; lead works.
- Plumbic - a. - Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide.
- Plumbiferous - a. - Producing or containing lead.
- Plumbing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Plumb
- 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.
- 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.
- Plummet - n. - A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.
- Plumb - v. t. - To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
- Plumb - v. t. - To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
- Level - n. - A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.
- Bob - n. - The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
- Perpendicle - n. - Something hanging straight down; a plumb line.
- Plumb - n. - 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.
- Plumb - adv. - In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
- Quadrant - n. - An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction.
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- Amos 30 7:7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
רָאָה אֲדֹנָי נָצַב חוֹמָה אֲנָךְ אֲנָךְ יָד - Amos 30 7:8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
יְהֹוָה אָמַר עָמוֹס רָאָה אָמַר אֲנָךְ אָמַר אֲדֹנָי שׂוּם אֲנָךְ קֶרֶב עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל יָסַף עָבַר