plumbing

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The pipes, fixtures, and other apparatus of a water, gas, or sewage system in a building.

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The work or trade of a plumber.

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An arrangement of bodily vessels or ducts.

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The art of casting and working in lead (also, by extension, in other metals put to similar uses), and applying it to various purposes connected with buildings, as in roofs, windows, pipes, etc.

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The act or process of ascertaining the depth of anything.

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Lead pipes and other apparatus used for conveying water or other liquids through a building.

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The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc.

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The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building.

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The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps and other fixtures of a water, gas or sewage system in a house or other building.

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The trade or occupation of a plumber.