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Definition of Plumbed
1. plumb [v] - See also: plumb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumbed
Literary usage of Plumbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Applied Perspective, for Architects and Painters by William Pitt Preble Longfellow (1901)
"The plan of the horizontal eaves in front is found in like manner, and their
intersection b' is plumbed up to b' in the picture. Then b'c', tending to V", ..."
2. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1859)
"The next morning, if in summer, be at the pond-side where you have baited and
plumbed your depth, by four o'clock at least, and, taking your rod and line, ..."
3. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1849)
"... for a forked stick must be fixed into the bank, on which you must let your
rod rest, so that the float will fall over the exact spot you have plumbed. ..."
4. A Visit to the United States and Canada in 1833: With the View of Settling by Richard Weston (1836)
"He was accordingly called up, and the captain said, " We have sprung a leak, Mr
Upton, and are sinking. I have plumbed the well, ..."
5. Applied Perspective, for Architects and Painters by William Pitt Preble Longfellow (1901)
"The plan of the horizontal eaves in front is found in like manner, and their
intersection b' is plumbed up to b' in the picture. Then b'c', tending to V", ..."
6. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1859)
"The next morning, if in summer, be at the pond-side where you have baited and
plumbed your depth, by four o'clock at least, and, taking your rod and line, ..."
7. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1849)
"... for a forked stick must be fixed into the bank, on which you must let your
rod rest, so that the float will fall over the exact spot you have plumbed. ..."
8. A Visit to the United States and Canada in 1833: With the View of Settling by Richard Weston (1836)
"He was accordingly called up, and the captain said, " We have sprung a leak, Mr
Upton, and are sinking. I have plumbed the well, ..."
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