To: Flick Lives
plumb-bob
The “plumb” in “plumb-bob” comes from the fact that such tools were originally made of lead (Latin: plumbum, French: plomb). The adjective “plumb” developed by extension, as did the noun “aplomb,” from the notion of “standing upright.”
so where does the “bob” in “plumb-bob” come from?
14 posted on
02/21/2018 10:40:11 AM PST by
PeterPrinciple
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To: PeterPrinciple
A bob is the weight on the end of a pendulum found most commonly, but not exclusively, in pendulum clocks.
and there is the answer
15 posted on
02/21/2018 10:43:05 AM PST by
PeterPrinciple
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To: PeterPrinciple
It would ‘bob’ up and down when you dropped it when it reached the length of its cord?...............
49 posted on
02/21/2018 12:11:53 PM PST by
Red Badger
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To: PeterPrinciple
50 posted on
02/21/2018 12:13:26 PM PST by
Red Badger
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To: PeterPrinciple
63 posted on
02/21/2018 2:17:04 PM PST by
Empireoftheatom48
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