What does "plummet" mean?
Plummet: A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.
Additional senses
- 2.Hence, any weight.
- 3.A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. Plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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