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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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1828 Definition
PLUMB, n. plum. [L. plumbum, lead; probably a clump or lump.]
A mass of lead attached to a line, and used to ascertain a perpendicular position of buildings and the like. But the word as a noun is seldom used, except in composition. [See Plumb-line.]
PLUMB, a. Perpendicular, that is, standing according to a plumb-line. The post of the house or the wall is plumb. [This is the common language of our mechanics.]
PLUMB, adv. In a perpendicular direction; in a line perpendicular to the plane of the horizon. The wall stands plumb.
PLUMB, v.t. To adjust by a plumb-line; to set in a perpendicular direction; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
1913 Definition
A little mass or weight of lead,
or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to
indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb
line, below.
Plumb bob. See Bob, 4. --
Plumb joint, in sheet-metal work, a lap joint,
fastened by solder. -- Plumb level. See
under Level. -- Plumb line.
Perpendicular; vertical;
conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall
is plumb.
In a plumb direction;
perpendicularly.
"Plumb down he falls."
Milton. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be
perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
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. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a
drainpipe.
To supply, as a building, with a system of
plumbing.
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