PLUMMET
\plˈʌmɪt], \plˈʌmɪt], \p_l_ˈʌ_m_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of PLUMMET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
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A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.
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Hence, any weight.
By Oddity Software
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A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
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A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.
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Hence, any weight.
By Noah Webster.
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A weight of lead hung at a string, used for ascertaining the direction of the earth's attraction and for sounding depths: a plumb-line.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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