Plumb(n.)
- 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(a.)
- Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
Plumb(adv.)
- In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
Plumb(v. t.)
- To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
Plumb(v. t.)
- 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.
Plumb(v. t.)
- To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
Plumb(v. t.)
- To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
Plumbing(n.)
- The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.
Plumbing(n.)
- The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.