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plumbed |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plumb \Plumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumbed}; p. pr & vb n. {Plumbing}.] 1. To adjust by a plumb line to cause to be perpendicular; as to plumb a building or a wall. 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. He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. --Ld. Lytton. 3. To seal with lead; as to plumb a drainpipe. 4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plumbed adj : (of water depth) measured by a line and plumb [syn: {sounded}]
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