plumbery (b silent), plummery

[Eng. plumber; -y.] 1. Works of lead; lead-works; a place where plumbing is carried on. 2. The busine or trade of a plumber; plumbing. "Whose shrill saint's-bell hangs on his lovery While the rest are damned to the plumbery." IMG:content-1233.png:[blocks in formation] plum bot rim ethyl and sodium, and di olving out from the mixture with ether, from which it is deposited as a white amorphous powder. It combines with acids to form salts, and is capable of yielding a hydrated oxide having a powerful alkaline reaction. plum-bic, a . [Lat. plumb ( um )=lead; Eng. adj. suff. -ic.] Pertaining to, or derived from, lead. *plumbic-acid, s. Chem. The old name for dioxide of lead, PbO2 (see LEAD-OXIDE), and so called because it is capable of combining with bases to form definite salts, sometimes termed plumbates.