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  1. Middle English, lead, a plumb, from Old French plomb, from Latin plumbum, lead.

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  • “Pointed weight ($8 to $13) hangs from line and uses gravity to demonstrate plumbness (exactly vertical); useful for hanging wallpaper, building fences.”

    Simon & Schuster: How To Buy & Sell just about Everything

  • “The well will be tested for plumbness and alignment by means of a”

    Chapter 19

  • “The loss of plumbness of the well's axis should never be more than 2/3 the smaller inside diameter of casing.”

    Chapter 19

  • “(thermal growth); bore and turbine diaphragm alignment; flatness and straightness measuring and vertical plumbness measuring.”

    Reliable Plant Magazine

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‘plumbness’ has been looked up 18 times, and has a Scrabble score of 15.