Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not plumb; not vertical.
  • To deprive of lead; remove the lead from.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin.

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Examples

  • We unplumb Suzy and haul her out of the surge tank.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • Their turpitude purveys to their malice; and they unplumb the dead for bullets to assassinate the living.

    Selections from _Letter to Noble Lord_ 2002

  • Their turpitude purveys to their malice; and they unplumb the dead for bullets to assassinate the living.

    Paras. 1-19 1909

  • Their turpitude purveys to their malice; and they unplumb the dead for bullets to assassinate the living.

    The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

  • This is easy, we just have to unplumb the interfaces.

    c0t0d0s0.org 2010

  • This is easy, we just have to unplumb the interfaces.

    c0t0d0s0.org 2010

  • Make sure that VNICs are unplumbed (ifconfig vnic6 unplumb) and not assigned to a zone (delete the zone first) before you can delete them.

    Planet Sun 2009

  • Make sure you don't delete vnmbase since re creating it takes time. gz# ifconfig vnic6 unplumb

    Planet Sun 2009

  • : 19: 12 too-cool genunix: WARNING: nvidia has no quiesce () reboot: not all drivers have implemented quiesce (9E) If you NIC and display are the only drivers that don't support quiesce (9E), you can unplumb the interface first then force fast reboot.

    Planet Sun 2008

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