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plummet |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plummet \Plum"met\, n. [OE. plommet, OF plommet, fr plom, plum, lead, F. plomb. See {Plumb}.] 1. A piece of lead attached to a line used in sounding the depth of water. I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded. --Shak. 2. A plumb bob or a plumb line See under {Plumb}, n. 3. Hence any weight. 4. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. {Plummet line}, a line with a plummet; a sounding line From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plummet n : the metal bob of a plumb line [syn: {plumb bob}, {plumb}] v : drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" [syn: {plump}]
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