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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plumb \Plumb\ (pl[u^]m), noun [F. plomb, L. plumbum lead, a leaden ball or bullet; cf. Gr. mo'lybos, mo'libos, mo'lybdos. Cf. {Plummet}, {Plunge}.] 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 bob}. See {Bob}, 4.
{Plumb joint}, in sheet-metal work, a lap joint, fastened by solder.
{Plumb level}. See under {Level}.
{Plumb line}. (a) The cord by which a plumb bob is suspended; a plummet. (b) A line directed to the center of gravity of the earth.
{Plumb rule}, a narrow board with a plumb line, used by builders and carpenters.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plumb \Plumb\, adjective Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plumb \Plumb\, adverb In a plumb direction; perpendicularly. ''Plumb down he falls.'' --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plumb \Plumb\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Plumbed} (pl[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Plumbing} (pl[u^]m"[i^]ng).]
1. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
2. 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.
He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. --Ld. Lytton.
3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
plumb
adjective: exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
noun: the metal bob of a plumb line [syn: {plumb bob}, {plummet}]
adverb
1: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: {clean}, {plum}]
2: conforming to the direction of a plumb line
3: exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn: {plum}]
verb
1: measure the depth of something
2: weight with lead
3: examine thoroughly and in great depth
4: adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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