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plim·soll's mark

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  1. Plimsoll's mark

    a mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of plimsoll's mark in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of plimsoll's mark in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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