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Paper - hanger, p. 91. plummet-level (plum'et-level), n. A plummet used as a level. Any plummet may be used as a level provided its base is approximately perpendicular to the mean position of the plumb-line. If this hangs the same way when the whole is rotated 180°, the support is level. Also called masons ' level . plum-moth (plum'môth), n . A tortricid moth whose larva infests plums. See Grapholitha . plumpe , plump, plunge; connected with plump2 , adv .: words felt to be imitative, and so subject to variation (G. plumpsen , etc.), but prob. ult. due to L. plumbum , lead. whence also ult. E. plunge , plump: plumb2 , plunge .] I. in trans . 1. To plunge or fall like a heavy ma or lump of dead matter; fall suddenly.