PLUG
PLUG, noun A stopple; any piece of pointed wood or other substance used to stop a hole, but larger than a peg or spile.Hawse-plug, in marine affairs, a plug to stop a hawse-hole...
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PLUM
PLUM, noun1. The fruit of a tree belonging to the genus Prunus. The fruit is a drupe, containing a nut or stone with prominent sutures and inclosing a kernel. The varieties of t...
PLUM-CAKE
PLUM-CAKE, noun Cake containing raisins or currants.
PLUM-PORRIDGE
PLUM-POR'RIDGE, noun Porridge with plums.
PLUM-PUDDING
PLUM-PUD'DING, noun Pudding containing raisins or currants.
PLUM-TREE
PLUM-TREE, noun A tree that produces plums.PLU'MULE, noun [Latin plumula.] The ascending scaly part of the embryo plant, which becomes the stem. [See Plume.]
PLUMAGE
PLU'MAGE, noun The feathers that cover a fowl.Smit with her varying plumage spare the dove.
PLUMB
PLUMB, noun plum. [Latin plumbum, lead; probably a clump or lump.]A mass of lead attached to a line, and used to ascertain a perpendicular position of buildings and the like. Bu...
PLUMB-LINE
PLUMB-LINE, noun plum'-line. A line perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; or a line directed to the center of gravity in the earth.
PLUMBAGINOUS
PLUMBAG'INOUS, adjective Resembling plumbago; consisting of plumbago, or partaking of its properties.
PLUMBAGO
PLUMBA'GO, noun [Latin] A mineral consisting of carbon and iron; used for pencils, etc.
PLUMBEAN
PLUM'BEANPLUMBED, participle passive plum'med. Adjusted by a plumb-line.
PLUMBED
PLUMBED, pp. plum'med. Adjusted by a plumb-line.
PLUMBEOUS
PLUM'BEOUS, adjective Consisting of lead; resembling lead.1. Dull; heavy; stupid.
PLUMBER
PLUMBER, noun plum'mer. One who works in lead.
PLUMBERY
PLUMBERY, noun plum'mery. Works in lead; manufactures of lead; the place where lead is wrought.1. The art of casting and working lead, or of making sheets and pipes of lead.
PLUMBIFEROUS
PLUMBIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin plumbum, lead, and fero, to produce.]Producing lead.
PLUME
PLUME, noun [Latin pluma.]1. The feather of a fowl, particularly a large feather.2. A feather worn as an ornament, particularly an ostrich's feather.And his high plume that nodd...
PLUME-ALUM
PLUME-AL'UM, noun A kind of asbestus.
PLUMELESS
PLU'MELESS, adjective Without feathers or plumes.
PLUMIGEROUS
PLUMIG'EROUS, adjective [Latin pluma, a feather, and gero, to wear.]Feathered; having feathers.
PLUMIPED
PLU'MIPED, adjective [infra.] Having feet covered with feathers.PLU'MIPED, noun [Latin pluma, feather, and pes, foot.]A fowl that has feathers on its feet.
PLUMMET
PLUM'MET, noun [See Plumb.]1. A long piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.2. An instrument used by carpenters, masons, etc. in adjusting erectio...
PLUMMING
PLUM'MING, noun Among miners, the operation of finding by means of a mine dial the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lo...
PLUMOSE
PLU'MOSEPLUMOS'ITY, noun The state of having feathers.
PLUMOSITY
PLUMOS'ITY, n. The state of having feathers.
PLUMOUS
PLU'MOUS, adjective [Latin plumosus.] Feathery; resembling feathers.1. In botany, a plumose bristle is one that has hairs growing on the sides of the main bristle. Plumose pappu...