plummet

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Why should not the coming question announce itself by stirring in the pulses and thrilling in the nerves of the descendant of all these grandmothers She was leaning imperceptibly towards him, drawn by the mere blind elemental force, as the plummet was attracted to the side of Schehallion.

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  1. noun See plumb bob.
  2. noun Something that weighs down or oppresses; a burden.
  3. intransitive verb To fall straight down; plunge.

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  1. Middle English plomet, from Old French, ball of lead, diminutive of plom, plomb, sounding lead, from Latin plumbum.

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  1. from Middle English plomet, from Old French plomet, plommet, plombet, plummet, a piece of lead, a ball of lead, a plummet, diminutive of plom, lead, a lead, plummet: see plumb.
  2. from plummet, n.
 

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