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Definition of lead

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Lead (v. t.) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages..

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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..

Leading :: Leading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lea.

Ill-lived :: Ill-lived (a.) Leading a wicked life.

Melanochroite :: Melanochroite (n.) A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is a chromate of lead; -- called also phoenicocroite..

Naik :: Naik (n.) A chief; a leader; a Sepoy corporal.

Clarinet :: Clarinet (n.) A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band..

Innuendo :: Innuendo (n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief..

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..

Bullet :: Bullet (n.) A missile, usually of lead, and round or elongated in form, to be discharged from a rifle, musket, pistol, or other small firearm..

Cerused :: Cerused (a.) Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face..

Fugleman :: Fugleman (n.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as a guide for the others in their exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of the right wing..

Lead :: Lead (n.) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead..

Donatist :: Donatist (n.) A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church..

Antestomach :: Antestomach (n.) A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds..

Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead..

Crossruff :: Crossruff (n.) The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw..

Circumduction :: Circumduction (n.) A leading about; circumlocution.

Commander :: Commander (n.) A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it..

Sequacious :: Sequacious (a.) Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant.

Inducement :: Inducement (n.) That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil..