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[MASSICOT.] plum-bif-er-oŭs, adj . [Lat. plumbum =lead, and fero =to bear, to produce.] Producing lead. plumb-ing ( b silent), s . [The senses I. 3 & II., from plumb , v.; in the other sense more directly from Lat. plumbum =lead.] I. Ordinary Language : 1 The act, proce , or occupation, of casting and working in lead, and applying it to purposes connected with buildings; as roofs, pipes, . 2. The lead piping and other apparatus for the conveyance of water or gas throughout a building. 3. The act of sounding or ascertaining the depth of anything; as, of water. II. Min .: The act or proce of sounding or searching among mines. plum-bi-o-dite, s. [Pref. plumb (o)-, and Eng. iodite.] Min.: The same as SCHWARTZEMBERGITE (q. v.). plumb-le ( b silent), a . [Eng. plumb (2), s.; -le .] Not capable of being measured or sounded with a plumb-line; unfathomable. "Into the plumble depths of the past."-Dickens: Hard Times , ch. xv. plum-bō-, pref. [Latin plumbum =lead.] Connected with, or derived from, lead. plum-bồ-căl-çite, s. [Pref. plumbo-, and Eng. IMG:content-1234.png:[blocks in formation] Min.: The same as CUPROPLUMBITE (q. v.). plum-bồ-găm'-mīte, subst. [Pref.plumbo-, and Eng. gummite.] Min.: A mineral found in thin, botryoidal, or mammillated crusts. Hardne , 45; specific gravity, 4-64; luster, gum-like; color, very various; translucent; brittle. Composition: Very varying, but is probably a hydrated phosphate of alumina and lead. Found, with lead ores, at various localities, but principally at Huel Goet, Britt any, and Pontgibaud, Auvergne. plum-bồ-măn-gan-ite, s. [Pref. plumbo-, and Eng, manganite.] Min .: A ma ive mineral, of a dark steel-gray color, which becomes of a bronze tinge by exposure. An analysis yielded: Manganese, 49-0; lead, 3068; sulphur, 20-73=100'41; proposed chemical formula, 3Mn2S+PbS. plum-bo-rěş-In-īte, s . [Prefix plumbo- ; Eng. resin, and suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min .: The same as PLUMBOGUMMITE (q. v.). plum-bo-scheē'-lite, s. [Prefix plumbo-, and IMG:content-1235.png:[blocks in formation] Min.: An amorphous, granular mineral, found in the province of Huancané, Peru. Hardne , 2; specific gravity, 4'5 (?); luster, somewhat metallic; color, gray; feel, greasy. Analysis yielded: Sulphur, 25.14; antimony, 16.98; tin, 16:30; lead, 3066; iron, 10-18; zinc, 0-74=100. plum-bo-stib, subst. [Pref. plumbo-, and Lat. stib ( ium )=antimony.] Min.: The same as BOULANGERITE (q. v.). plum-bo-těll-u-rite, s. [Prefix plumbo-, and Eng. tellurite.] Min.: The same as ALTAITE (q. v.). plum-bō-tět-ra-me-thyl, s. Gr. tetras -four, and Eng. methyl.] [Pref. plumbo- ; Chem.: PbC4H12. A colorle mobile liquid obtained by treating chloride of lead with zinc methyl. It has the odor of camphor, is insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether, boils at 160, but decomposes a few degrees above that temperature. plum-bo-tri-me-thyl, 8. [Pref. plumbo- , and Eng . trimethyl .] Chem.: PbC3H9. Meth plumb ethyl. Has not yet been obtained in the free state, but its salts are readily formed by treating plum bote tram ethyl with acids. Plum bot rim ethyl chloride, PbMezCI, crystallizes in long needles, resembling chloride of lead. slightly soluble in water, but soluble in alcohol. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-1236.png:[blocks in formation] fragrant. The leaves of P. a cut i folia , made into a poultice, are applied in India to swellings; the milky sap is a rubefacient in rheumatic pains, and the root is a violent cathartic. plû-mig-er-oŭs, adj . [Latin plumiger , from plum a a feather, and gero to wear.] Having or IMG:content-1237.png:[blocks in formation] plu-mi-pěd, plû-mi-pede, a. & s. [Lat. plu- mipes (gen it. plumiped is ), from plum a =a feather, and pes (gen it. ped is ) =a foot; Fr. plumipède .] A. As adj .: Having feet covered with feathers. B. As subst.: A bird which has its feet covered with feathers. plûm-Ist, s. [Eng. plum (e); -ist.] A dealer in or preparer of feathers for plumes. Min.: The same as JAMESONITE (q. v.). *plum-kět, a . [Lat. plumbeus leaden.] Lead. IMG:content-1238.png:[blocks in formation] Pharm.: Pills formed of levigate calomel, the precipitated sulphur of antimony, each two drams, with three drams of the and one of resin of guiaicum, mixed together into a ma with the balsam of copaivi. Recommended for spots, pim- ples, scrofula, . If for the balsam of copaivi there be substituted castor oil, the pill becomes the Compound Calomel Pill of the British Pharma- copæia. *plum-mer-ý, s. [PLUMBERY.] plum-mět, *plom-et, *plom-met, *plum-bet, subst. [Fr. plombet , dim in. from plomb =lead.] 1. A plug of lead or other metal used for sounding. "And deeper than did ever plummet sound I'll drown my book." Shakesp.: Tempest, v. 1. "Too deep for the plummet of thought." Cowper : Aspirations After God. 3. A ball of lead for a plumb-line. *4. A weight. *5. A pencil of solid lead, used by schoolboys to rule paper for writing on. plû-mo-şite, s. [Lat. plumos (us)=with feath ers; suff.- ite ( Min .).] Min.: A capillary variety of Jamesonite (q. v.). It was formerly regarded as a distinct species. plû-mos-i-tý, s. [O. French plumosite.] The quality or state of being plumose. "The god of wine did his plump clusters bring." Carew: To my Friend G. N. *3. Rude, clownish, boorish. "Rude and plompe beestis can not under stone wyse- dom."- Caxton : Reynard the Fox (ed. Arber), p. 100. IMG:content-1239.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1240.png:[blocks in formation] plumply plump-lý, adverb . [English plump , adv.; -ly .] Roundly, flatly, plainly; without reserve. plump-ne , s. [Eng. plump , a.; -ne .] The quality or state of being plump; fatne ; fullne of habit; sleekne . plump-ỹ, a. [Eng. plump, a.; -y.] Fat, plump, sleck. (See ex. under PINK, α.) plû-mu-lar, a . [Eng. plumul ( e ); -ar .] Of the nature of a plumule; resembling a plumule. ( Bal four: Outlines of Botany , p. 267.) plu-mu-lär-i-a, subst. [Lat. plumula =a little feather, dim in. from plum a.] [PLUME.] Zool . The typical genus of Plumula ride. Plu mularia pinnata has tall, whitish, jointed stems. It is four to seven inches high. plum-u-lăr-i-dæ, s. pl. [Lat. plumular i ( a ); fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Zool .: A family of Hydroid Polypes, sub-order Campanular i a. Hydrothecæ se ile, polypites with a single wreath of filiform tentacles round a central proboscis. Reproductive zoõids always fixed. plû-mule, s. (Fr.) (PLUMULAR I A.] A Bot.: A minute germinating point or seed-bud within the cotyledon of a dicotyledonous plant, or at one side of the cotyledon in a monocotyledonous one. It is a continuation of the tendrils, but it buds upward, while the radicle does so downward. It is part of the embryo, and may be divided into caulicle and gemmule (q. v.).