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(1):

(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.

(2):

(a.) Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.

(3):

(adv.) In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.

(6):

(v. t.) To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.

(7):

(v. t.) To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Plumb'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/plumb.html. 1828.
 
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