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plumming

plumming noun: the operation of finding, by means of a mine dial (compass), the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines. Also the present participle and gerund of plum.

Noun

plumming (uncountable)

  1. The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial (compass), the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.
  2. A plum-colored distortion of prints.

Also used as

plumming is also the present participle and gerund of plum.

Words formed from plumming

Questions about plumming

What does plumming mean?
Plumming means the operation of finding, by means of a mine dial (compass), the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.
What part of speech is plumming?
Plumming is a noun.

Words near plumming in the dictionary

  1. plummetting
  2. plummier
  3. plummiest
  4. plummily
  5. plumminess
  6. plumming
  7. plummy
  8. plumodenticulate
  9. plumology
  10. plumose
  11. plumose alum

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