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plumbet
▪ I. † plumbet Obs. Also 6 plumet, plommett, plomet, -it. [app. a deriv. of F. plomb lead, plumb n., perh. in reference to its colour, and thus practically a parallel form of plunket, of which it appears to be a synonym. Note the alteration of plumbet to plumket in the later edition of Udall.] A woo...
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plomp
plome, plomet(e, -ette, -it, plomp obs. forms of plum, plume, plumbet, plummet, plump.
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plunket
† ˈplunket, n.1 and a. Obs. Forms: 4 plunkett, 4–7 plonket, 5 -ete, -eut, -ett, plounkette, 5–6 ploncket, 5–8 plunket, (6 plumket, pluncket). [ME. plonket, plunket, app. derived from OF. plunkié (1254), plonquié lead-coloured, lead-grey, also a kind of grey cloth (pa. pple. of plonquier to cover wit...
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plumet
▪ I. plumet rare. (ˈpluːmɪt) [a. F. plumet (15th c.) a small plume: see plume n. and -et1.] A small plume.1585 T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iii. ix. 84 b, Certain common plumets of Eastrige feathers. 1895 Daily News 13 Nov. 5/4 The newest thing took the shape of the plumet or feathery tuft in t...
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plumbate
▪ I. † ˈplumbate, n.1 Obs. Also 7 (?) plumbet. [app. ad. late L. plumbātæ leaden balls, also (Cod. Theodos.) a scourge to which leaden balls were attached, f. plumbāre to make of lead; but cf. plummet n. 4.] In pl. The leaden balls with which a scourge was loaded.1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 94/1 Then ...
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plummet
▪ I. plummet, n. (ˈplʌmɪt) Forms: 4–7 plomet, 5 plomm-, plombette, 5–6 plom-, plummette, Sc. plumat, 5–7 plumet, 6 plom-, plumbete, plomm-, plumet)e, Sc. plumbat, plummett, 6–8 plumbet, 6– plummet. [ME. a. OF. plommet, plombet, plummet ball of lead, plummet, dim. of plomb lead: see plumb n. and -et1...
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