Definition of lead

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Lead (n.) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea..

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Imparlance :: Imparlance (n.) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of the opposite party..
Dissociative :: Dissociative (a.) Tending or leading to dissociation.
Glazer :: Glazer (n.) A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc..
Advocate :: Advocate (n.) One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.
Stibonium :: Stibnite (n.) A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; -- called also antimony glance, and gray antimony..
Saturn :: Saturn (n.) The metal lead.
Pleadings :: Pleadings (n. pl.) The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point..
Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately..
Leader :: Leader (n.) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article..
Solicit :: Solicit (v. t.) To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor..
Head :: Head (a.) Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook..
Give :: Give (v. i.) To open; to lead.
Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology..
Depart :: Depart (v. i.) To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading..
Introduction :: Introduction (n.) That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium..
Retroduction :: Retroduction (n.) A leading or bringing back.
Appear :: Appear (v. i.) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried..
Foreleader :: Foreleader (n.) One who leads others by his example; aguide.
Plumb :: Plumb (v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe..
Leaded :: Leaded (a.) Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows..
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