Plumb

plum, n. A weight of lead, etc., attached to a line, to indicate a vertical direction, as in building, etc.; a plummet. — a. Perpendicular; standing according to a plumb-line. — adv. Perpendicularly. — v. [plumbed (plumd), plumbing.] To adjust by a plumb-line to examine by tests. [F. plomb, lead, also a plummet, L. plumbum, lead; prob. Gr. molubdos, OHG. pit, G. blei, lead.] — Plumba'go, -ba'go, n. A form of carbon, popularly called black lead; graphite, q. v. [L.] — Plumbag'inous, -baj 5m, fame, far, pa or opera, fare 2nd, PLUS T-nus, a. Resembling, consisting of, or containing, plumbago. — Plum'bean, -be-an, -beous, -be-us, a. Consisting of or resembling lead; lead-colored; dull; heavy; stupid. [L. j^Mmbews.] — Plumb'er, plumper, n. One who works in lead, esp. one who adjusts pipes, etc., in buildings. — Plunib'ery, -er-f n. Busine of a plumber; place where plumbing carried on. — Plumb'ing, n. Art of casting and working in lead busine of arranging pipes for conducting water, etc. pipes and other apparatus for conveying water, etc., iu a building. — Plumb'-line, n. A Elummet a line perpendicular to the plane of the orizon. — Plum'met, n. A weight attached to a line, for sounding the depth of water, or for determining a perpendicular, or, with a square, a horizontal line; any weight. [F. plombet, dim. of plomb.]