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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.
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- verb Present participle of
plum . - noun mining The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial (compass), the place where to
sink anair shaft , or to bring anadit to the work, or to find which way thelode inclines .
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Examples
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I went to Home Depot in the plumming dept and found a black robber O-ring to slip over the ram rod at the muzzle end.
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Using this method could drain your trap (the bendy part in your sink's plumming), causing some pretty creepy gasses to possibly ooze out of your sink.
Retrieve Valuables From Your Drain With A Vacuum And Pantyhose | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Using this method could drain your trap the bendy part in your sink's plumming, causing some pretty creepy gasses to possibly ooze out of your sink.
Retrieve Valuables From Your Drain With A Vacuum And Pantyhose | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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June 16, 2008 at 5:39 pm wunce, a loawng tyme ago, ai waz bisitin at a frenz howse up in teh Trinity Alps datz in Callyfournua, waaaaaay up norff an der waz noe indor plumming, jest an owthowse, an ai gotted p in teh middul ov teh nite, an waz walkin dwn teh paff tew sed owthowse, an wun ov teh “rootz” awn teh paff MOOVED !
snaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And I really can't be too displeased at the real possibility of indoor plumming.
Archive 2006-01-01 Angie 2006
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And I really can't be too displeased at the real possibility of indoor plumming.
interesting turn of events Angie 2006
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Also, remember each volcano is different, different plumming and different material through which the heat is transfered/erupted through/different source rock.
WSJ: House Energy report on the "mutual admiration society" « Climate Audit 2006
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I am mexican and I ´ve never never never thrown the used paper in the basket, I just think it is so discusting ... and I have never had any problems with the plumming.
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Dough, when rising under the influence of heat and fermentation, is said to be _plumming_ well; and the word _plum_, as an adjective, is used as the opposite of _heavy_ with regard to currant and other cakes when baked.
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I desire not to hyperbolize; it is probably they may not be so expert in the anatomizing an insect or the discovery of some monstrous production; as these Academical Wits are; yet for ought I know, may find out many monstrosities in their brain; whist they are subtilly plumming the depth of their self-admired understanding.
The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675
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