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plumbed
(encz) | plumbed, adj: |
Plumbed
(gcide) | Plumb \Plumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumbed (pl[u^]md); p. pr.
& vb. n. Plumbing (pl[u^]m"[i^]ng).]
1. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular;
as, to plumb a building or a wall.
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2. To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water;
hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth,
quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.
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He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. --Ld.
Lytton.
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3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
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4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
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unplumbed
(encz) | unplumbed, |
Plumbed
(gcide) | Plumb \Plumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumbed (pl[u^]md); p. pr.
& vb. n. Plumbing (pl[u^]m"[i^]ng).]
1. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular;
as, to plumb a building or a wall.
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2. To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water;
hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth,
quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test.
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He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. --Ld.
Lytton.
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3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
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4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
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Unplumbed
(gcide) | Unplumbed \Unplumbed\
See plumbed. |
unplumbed
(wn) | unplumbed
adj 1: situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have
been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the
sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray;
"unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded
caverns" [syn: profound, unfathomed, unplumbed,
unsounded] |
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