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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.

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Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.

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To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.

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To gauge or assess the various vertical leans of a tree as part of the sizeup completed prior to felling.

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To gauge or assess the various types of lean in a tree.

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The vertical stem of the boat located at the bow.

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Vertical or nearly so. Usually refers to the end shape of the boat without any overhang.

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A line or plane perpendicular to the Earth's surface.

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the metal bob of a plumb line

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exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"

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That which is vertically perpendicular as measured with a spirit level or plumb bob.

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Precisely vertical. Also to test for, or to make vertical. Also to perform plumbing work.

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The term used to define a vertical element that is perfectly perpendicular to a level surface above or below.

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Said of a member when it is in true vertical position as determined by a plumb bob or vertical level.

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Perfectly vertical, perpendicular with the floor.

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CUT The end of the top chord is cut to to provide for a vertical (plumb) installation of fascia and rain gutter. The other common option is for the Truss tails to be SQUARE CUT.

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This is a term indicating that something is vertical. Typically a level is used to determine when something is plumb.

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Exactly vertical; at right angles to the horizontal.

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Exactly vertical and perpendicular.

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The verticality of brickwork

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When a surface is at true vertical level.

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Vertical; Upright.

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Perpendicular to a true level.

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The state of being in the true vertical plane.

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Straight up and down, perfectly vertical.

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A position or measurement that is truly and exactly vertical, 90Â° from a level surface.

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Vertically straight, in relation to a horizontally level surface.

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Meaning absolutely vertical or square. An accurate measurement taken using a weight and string or a level.

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A TERM USED TO REFERENCE THE VERTICAL, I.E., IF A WALL IS PLUMB, IT IS STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN IN THE VERTICAL PLANE. A DOOR FRAME MUST BE PLUMB, SQUARE, AND LEVEL. A WINDOW FRAME AND A FOUNDATION SHOULD BE TOO. SO SHOULD LOTS OF OTHER STUFF IN A WELL BUILT HOME.

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A member or unit which is exactly vertical. A door should be hung plumb.

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Exactly perpendicular; vertical.

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A term used to describe something that is perfectly perpendicular to the earth relative to gravity. A plumb bob on the end of a string will give you a line that is plumb or straight up and down.

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The condition that exists when a member is at true vertical. Home Improvement Encyclopedia

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An absolutely straight vertical.

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Deviation from vertical in two points on a column.

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Refers to the exact vertical position of some object.

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A condition that exists when a surface is exactly vertical.

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