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Plot (plŏt), v. i. 1. To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. Shak.
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The wicked plotteth against the just. Ps. xxxvii. 12.
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2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
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The prince did plot to be secretly gone. Sir H. Wotton.
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Plot, v. t. To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. “Plotting an unprofitable crime.” Dryden. “Plotting now the fall of others.” Milton
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Plotful (?), a. Abounding with plots.
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Plotinian (?), a.Of pertaining to the Plotinists or their doctrines.
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Plotinist (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A disciple of Plotinus, a celebrated Platonic philosopher of the third century, who taught that the human soul emanates from the divine Being, to whom it reunited at death.
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Plot-proof (?), a. Secure against harm by plots. Shak.
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Plotter (?), n. One who plots or schemes; a contriver; a conspirator; a schemer. Dryden.
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Plough (?), n. & v. See .
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Plouter (?), v. i. [Also plowter, plotter.] [Perh. imitative.] To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]

I did not want to plowter about any more. Kipling.
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Plouter, n. [Also plowter.] Act of ploutering; floundering; act or sound of splashing. [Scot. & Dial.Eng.]
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Plover (?), n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See .] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridæ, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsæ. They are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zoöl.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers.
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☞ Among the more important species are the blackbellied plover or blackbreasted plover (Charadrius squatarola) of America and Europe; -- called also gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, sea plover, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under ); the ring plover or ringed plover (Ægialitis hiaticula). See . The piping plover (Ægialitis meloda); Wilson's plover (Ægialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover (Ægialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover (Ægialitis semipalmata), are all small American species.
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Coloq. Bastard plover (Zoöl.), the lapwing. -- Coloq. Long-legged plover , or Coloq. yellow-legged plover . See . -- Coloq. Plover's page , the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] -- Coloq. Rock plover , or Coloq. Stone plover , the black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] -- Coloq. Whistling plover . (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied plover.
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{ Plow, Plough } (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. plōh; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. plōgr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.] 1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow.
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Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. Dryden.
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2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. Johnson.
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3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]
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Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. Tale of Gamelyn.
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4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.
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5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
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6. (Astron.) Same as .
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Coloq. Ice plow , a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.] -- Coloq. Mackerel plow . See under . -- Coloq. Plow alms , a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. Cowell. -- Coloq. Plow beam , that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See , n., 9. -- Coloq. Plow Monday , the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays. -- Coloq. Plow staff . (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff. (b) A plow handle. -- Coloq. Snow plow , a structure, usually Λ-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive.
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{ Plow, Plough, } v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plowed (ploud) or Ploughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plowing or Ploughing.] 1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field.
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2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run through, as in sailing.
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Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up
With her prepared nails. Shak.
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With speed we plow the watery way. Pope.
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3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See , n., 5.
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4. (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.
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Coloq. To plow in , to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat. -- Coloq. To plow up , to turn out of the ground by plowing.
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{ Plow, Plough } (plou), v. i. To labor with, or as with, a plow; to till or turn up the soil with a plow; to prepare the soil or bed for anything. Shak.
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Doth the plowman plow all day to sow ? Isa. xxviii. 24.
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{ Plowable, Ploughable } (?), a. Capable of being plowed; arable.
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{ Plowbote, Ploughbote } (?), n. (Eng. Law) Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See .
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{ Plowboy, Ploughboy }, n. A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young rustic.
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{ Plower, Plougher } (?), n. One who plows; a plowman; a cultivator.
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{ Plowfoot, Ploughfoot } (?), n. An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow. Piers Plowman.
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{ Plowgang, Ploughgang } (?), n. Same as .
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{ Plowgate, Ploughgate } (?), n. The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland.
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Not having one plowgate of land. Sir W. Scott.
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{ Plowhead, Ploughhead } (?), n. The clevis or draught iron of a plow.
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{ Plowland, Plougland } (?), n. 1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
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2. (O. Eng. Law) the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide.
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{ Plowman, Ploughman } (?), n.; pl. -men (�). 1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. Chaucer. Macaulay.
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2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.
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Coloq. Plowman's spikenard (Bot.), a European composite weed (Conyza squarrosa), having fragrant roots. Dr. Prior.
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{ Plowpoint, Ploughpoint } (?), n. A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body.
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{ Plowshare, Ploughshare } (?), n. The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow.
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Coloq. Plowshare bone (Anat.), the pygostyle.
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{ Plowtail, Ploughtail } (?), n. The hind part or handle of a plow.
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{ Plowwright, Ploughwright } (?), n. One who makes or repairs plows.
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Ploy (?), n. Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Ploy, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. Wilhelm.
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Ployment (?), n. (Mil.) The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deployment.
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Pluck (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pflücken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. �27.] 1. To pull; to draw.
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Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution. Je�. Taylor.
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2. Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.
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I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton.
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E'en children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile. Goldsmith.
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3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
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They which pass by the way do pluck her. Ps. lxxx.�2.
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4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for degrees. C. Bronté.
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Coloq. To pluck away , to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to tear away. -- Coloq. To pluck down , to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a lower state. -- Coloq. to pluck off , to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the skin. -- Coloq. to pluck up . (a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up a plant; to pluck up a nation. Jer. xii. 17. (b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.
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Pluck, v. i. To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
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Pluck, n. 1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
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2. [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.] The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
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3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
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Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck. Thackeray.
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4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See , v. t., 4.
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5. (Zoöl.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.]
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Plucked (?), a. Having courage and spirit. [R.]
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Plucker, n. 1. One who, or that which, plucks.
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Thou setter up and plucker down of kings. Shak.
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2. A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
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Plücker tube (?). [So named after Julius Plücker, a German physicist.] (Physics) (a) A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the part through which the discharge takes place is a capillary tube, thus producing intense incandescence of the contained gases. (b) Crookes tube.
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Pluckily (?), adv. In a plucky manner.
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Pluckiness, n. The quality or state of being plucky.
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Pluckless, a. Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
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Plucky (?), a. [Compar. Pluckier (?); superl. Pluckiest.] Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
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If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright. Barham.
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Pluff (?), v. t. [Prob. of imitative origin.] To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs. [Scot.]
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Pluff, n. 1. A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder. [Scot.]
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2. A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it. [Scot.]
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Plug (?), n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. plök, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.] 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.
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2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]
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3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
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4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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5. (Building) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails.
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Coloq. Breech plug (Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech, through which the gun is loaded. -- Coloq. Fire plug , a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. [U. S.] -- Coloq. Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole. -- Coloq. Plug and feather . (Stone Working) See , n., 7. -- Coloq. Plug centerbit , a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it. -- Coloq. Plug rod (Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine. -- Coloq. Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.
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Plug (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Plugging (?).] To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
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Plug board. (Elec.) A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs.
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Plugger (?), n. One who, or that which, plugs.
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Plugging, n. 1. The act of stopping with a plug.
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2. The material of which a plug or stopple is made.
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Plum (?), n. [AS. plūme, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. �, �. Cf. a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties of plum, of our gardens, although growing into thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. G. Bentham.
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☞ Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the Prunus domestica are described; among them the greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are some of the best known.
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☞ Among the true plums are; Coloq. Beach plum , the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, -- Coloq. Bullace plum . See . -- Coloq. Chickasaw plum , the American Prunus Chicasa, and its round red drupes. -- Coloq. Orleans plum , a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. -- Coloq. Wild plum of America , Prunus Americana, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several other varieties.
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Among plants called plum, but of other genera than Prunus, are; Coloq. Australian plum , Cargillia arborea and Cargillia australis, of the same family with the persimmon. -- Coloq. Blood plum , the West African Hæmatostaphes Barteri. -- Coloq. Cocoa plum , the Spanish nectarine. See under . -- Coloq. Date plum . See under . -- Coloq. Gingerbread plum , the West African Parinarium macrophyllum. -- Coloq. Gopher plum , the Ogeechee lime. -- Coloq. Gray plum , Coloq. Guinea plum . See under . -- Coloq. Indian plum , several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
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Coloq. Plum bird , Coloq. Plum budder (Zoöl.), the European bullfinch. -- Coloq. Plum gouger (Zoöl.), a weevil, or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. -- Coloq. Plum weevil (Zoöl.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and plum curculio. See Illust. under .
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Pluma (plūmȧ), n.; pl. Plumæ (plūmē). [L.] (Zoöl.) A feather.
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Plumage (plūm�j), n. [F., from plume a feather.] (Zoöl.) The entire clothing of a bird.
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☞ It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary feathers covering the head, neck, and body; the tail feathers, with their upper and lower coverts; the wing feathers, including primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, with their coverts; and the down which lies beneath the contour feathers. See Illust. under .
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Plumassary (?), n. [Cf. F. plumasseau.] A plume or collection of ornamental feathers.
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Plumassier (?), n. [F.] One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.
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Plumb (plŭm), n. [F. plomb, L. plumbum lead, a leaden ball or bullet; cf. Gr. molybos, molibos, molybdos. Cf. , .] 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.
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Coloq. Plumb bob . See , 4. -- Coloq. Plumb joint , in sheet-metal work, a lap joint, fastened by solder. -- Coloq. Plumb level . See under . -- Coloq. Plumb line . (a) The cord by which a plumb bob is suspended; a plummet. (b) A line directed to the center of gravity of the earth. -- Coloq. Plumb rule , a narrow board with a plumb line, used by builders and carpenters.
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Plumb, a. Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
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Plumb, adv. In a plumb direction; perpendicularly. “Plumb down he falls.” Milton.
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Plumb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumbed (plŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Plumbing (plŭmĭng).] 1. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
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2. 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.
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He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. Ld. Lytton.
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3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
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4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
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Plumbage (plŭm�j; 48), n. Leadwork [R.]
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Plumbagin (plŭmbājĭn), n. [L. plumbago leadwort, fr. plumbum lead; cf. F. plombagin.] (Chem.) A crystalline substance said to be found in the root of a certain plant of the Leadwort (Plumbago) family.
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