n. [ W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe. ] 1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap. [ 1913 Webster ]

Milk and flummery are very fit for children. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flummery of modern criticism. J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Gloom. ] Dark; gloomy; dismal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler. [ Low. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, any weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Plumb. ] (Min.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Plum. ] Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous. [ Colloq. ] “For the sake of getting something plummy.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

vb. n. Visiting slums. Sometimes used humorously, in reference to the appearance of a dignified person in a situation generally thought of as low-class. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]