Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plumbing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plumb \Plumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Plumbing}.]
1. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular;
as, to plumb a building or a wall.
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.
He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. --Ld.
Lytton.
3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plumbing \Plumb"ing\, n.
1. The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to
building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing,
fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage,
etc. --Gwilt.
2. The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in
conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plumbing
n 1: utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the
distribution of water or gas in a building and for the
disposal of sewage [syn: {plumbing system}]
2: the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes
and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
[syn: {plumbery}]
3: measuring the depths of the oceans [syn: {bathymetry}]
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