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plumb (iou) and Flamininus, Titus Quinctius (sh)


plumb (iou)



plumb verb. LME.
[from PLUMB noun, adjective, perh. partly also after French plomber cover or weight with lead. In branch III also back-form. from PLUMBER.]
I.
verb intrans. Sink or fall like a plummet; fall vertically. rare. LME.
Saturday Evening Post [He]..rolled down and plumbed into the yard.
II.
verb trans. Weight (a thing) with lead. LME.
W. Taylor The oars are plumbed in the handle, so as to balance on the edge.
verb trans. Measure the depth of (water) with a plumb; determine (a depth); fig. get to the bottom of; explore or experience the emotional depths of. M16.
plumb a track US colloq. trace or follow out a road.
J. Conrad He had plumbed..the depths of horror and despair. E. Birney Eyes too bright black to be plumbed. Match Fishing I plumbed the depth and found 12' at about four rod lengths.
verb trans. Seal (a packet, parcel, etc.) with a leaden seal. Now rare. M17.
T. Jefferson I shall have the whole corded and plumbed by the Custom house.
verb trans. Make vertical, test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical. E18.
S. J. P. Thearle Aids in plumbing the frames and keeping the side of the ship fair.
a. verb trans. Place vertically above or below. M19.
b. verb intrans. Hang vertically. M19.
III.
verb intrans. Work (orig. in lead) as a plumber. L19.
verb trans. Provide (a building or room) with plumbing. E20.
Oxford English Dictionary The house has been duly plumbed, painted and whitewashed.
b. Fit (an appliance) as part of a plumbing system. Freq. foll. by in. M20.
Practical Householder A water filter..is plumbed into the rising main.
plumbless adjective (chiefly literary) unable to be plumbed; fathomless: M17.

Flamininus, Titus Quinctius (sh)




born งใ 227 BC
died 174

Roman General and consul (198 BC).

As consul he tried to formulate a peace treaty with Philip V of Macedonia, but negotiations broke down and fighting broke out. He defeated Philip at Cynoscephalae (197) and granted freedom to the Greeks (196), for which he was hailed as a saviour. He kept Roman troops in Greece until 194. After the defeat of Antiochus III and Aetolia at Thermopylae (191), he helped reestablish peace in Greece.