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Plumber [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

plum'mer. One who works in lead.

Plumber [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.

Plumber block Webster's Dictionary 1913

A pillow block.

Plumbery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. plum'mery. Works in lead; manufactures of lead; the place where lead is wrought.

2. The art of casting and working lead, or of making sheets and pipes of lead.

Plumbery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The business of a plumber.

2. A place where plumbing is carried on; lead works.