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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A narrow strip of wood with a plumb line hanging from it, used to test verticality.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A narrow board with parallel edges having a straight line drawn through the middle, and a string carrying a metal weight attached at the upper end of the line. It is used by masons, bricklayers, carpenters, etc., for determining a vertical.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. a narrow board with a plumb line, used by builders and carpenters.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a plumb line attached to a narrow board

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  1. plumb line
  1. perpendicular

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  1. plumb bob
  1. batter rule
  1. plummet

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