"plumming" meaning in All languages combined

See plumming on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} plumming (uncountable)
  1. (mining) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial (compass), the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-plumming-en-noun-GONcv96O Categories (other): Mining, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 29 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 26 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 26 4 Topics: business, mining
  2. (photography) A plum-colored distortion of prints. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-plumming-en-noun-eBaHY9b5 Categories (other): Photography Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antiplumming

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} plumming
  1. present participle and gerund of plum Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: plum
    Sense id: en-plumming-en-verb-sbFn8vjG
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          "sink",
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          "air shaft",
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          "adit",
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          "lode",
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        "The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial (compass), the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines."
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