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Plummets

A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line

📖 Definitions of "Plummets"

noun

1
A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
2
Hence, any weight
3
A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)
4
A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line

verb

1
To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
"After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth."

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