Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PLUMBING
plumbing, plumbery
(noun) the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
bathymetry, plumbing
(noun) measuring the depths of the oceans
plumbing, plumbing system
(noun) utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
plumbing (countable and uncountable, plural plumbings)
The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps and other fixtures of a water, gas or sewage system in a house or other building.
The trade or occupation of a plumber.
(informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.
(informal, figurative) Practical, concrete work serving to support other work.
(countable) A Murasugi sum where each disk summed along has its boundary subdivided into four segments.
Synonyms
• (genitourinary system): waterworks (informal)
Source: Wiktionary
Plumb"ing, n.
1. The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc. Gwilt.
2. The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.
PLUMB
Plumb, n. Etym: [F. plomb, L. plumbum lead, a leaden ball or bullet; cf. Gr. Plummet, Plunge.]
Definition: A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below. Plumb bob. See Bob, 4.
– Plumb joint, in sheet-metal work, a lap joint, fastened by solder.
– Plumb level. See under Level.
– Plumb line. (a) The cord by which a plumb bob is suspended; a plummet. (b) A line directed to the center of gravity of the earth.
– Plumb rule, a narrow board with a plumb line, used by builders and carpenters.
Plumb, a.
Definition: Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
Plumb, adv.
Definition: In a plumb direction; perpendicularly. "Plumb down he falls." Milton.
Plumb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plumbing.]
1. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
2. To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test. He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. Ld. Lytton.
3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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