Definition of lead

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Lead (v. t.) To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle..

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Circumduction :: Circumduction (n.) A leading about; circumlocution.
Sugar :: Sugar (n.) By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste..
Leady :: Leady (a.) Resembling lead.
Narthex :: Narthex (n.) The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church..
Valedictory :: Valedictory (n.) A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar..
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man..
Result :: Result (n.) That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation..
Ladde :: Ladde (obs. imp.) of Lead, to guide..
Leam :: Leam (n.) A cord or strap for leading a dog.
Plumbage :: Plumbage (n.) Leadwor.
Leader :: Leader (n.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.
Thallium :: Thallium (n.) A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7..
Class :: Class (n.) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader..
Plumbeous :: Plumbeous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, lead..
Adhere :: Adhere (v. i.) To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church..
Issuable :: Issuable (a.) Leading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law..
Pyrophorus :: Pyrophorus (n.) Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely divided lead..
Lead :: Lead (v. i.) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t..
Leader :: Leader (n.) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached..
Emplead :: Emplead (v. t.) To accuse; to indict. See Implead.
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