PLUMMING
Plum"ming, n. Etym: [See Plumb.] (Min.)
Defn: 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.
PLUMMY
Plum"my, a. Etym: [From Plum.]
Defn: Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous.
[Colloq.] "For the sake of getting something plummy." G. Eliot.
PLUMOSE; PLUMOUS Plu*mose", Plu"mous, a. Etym: [L. plumosus, fr. pluma feather: cf. F. plumeux.]
1. Having feathers or plumes.
2. Having hairs, or other párts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles.
PLUMOSITE
Plu"mo*site, n. (Min.)
Defn: Same as Jamesonite.
PLUMOSITY
Plu*mos"i*ty, n.