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单词 plumb right
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plumb right
plumb right adj. (and adv.) Obsolete exactly vertical; in line vertically.
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plumb rightc1445
perpendiculara1450
plumba1500
downright1530
straight-upc1590
vertic1607
up and downc1710
vertical1725
c1445 Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall No. A70.3b (MED) John Derke byhoveth to haue lyne right & plumright atte the same Estende accordyng with the Estsides of a post stondyng there in the northest Cornere of the tenement of the seid Robert and of a post stondyng in the South Est cornere of the tenement of the forseid John Derke.
1471 in P. E. Jones Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1961) VI. 70 (MED) Cathidrall Chirche of seynt Paule of London at the..haven in the north into the water of Thamise in the south..is to say lynright and plumright from the south west Corner [of] a post there of a tenement of the said Deane.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 826/2 Wyth a strynge by the halfe keepe them plume right vnder.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Plummeryght downe, perpendicularis.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 813 Epicurus saith, that..the Atomes doe move, some plumbe right downe; others, at one side; and some againe, mount aloft.
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