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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Plum·met n.
 1. A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.
    I'll sink him deeper than e'er plummet sounded.   --Shak.
 2. A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n.
 3. Hence, any weight.
 4. A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing.
 Plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line.
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