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 ]
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