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Word: plummet
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Meaning:
Noun:
- archaic: A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
- archaic: A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing
- archaic: A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under plumb, n.
- archaic: Hence, any weight.
- hence a plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
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Verb:
- intransitive To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
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