Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PLUMB
PLUMB, v.t.
- To adjust by a plumb-line; to set in a perpendicular direction; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
- [W. plymiaw.] To sound with a plummet, as the depth of water. [Little used.] – Swift.
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