Definition of lead

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Lead (n.) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke..

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Retroduction :: Retroduction (n.) A leading or bringing back.
Bretwalda :: Bretwalda (n.) The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes.
Humbug :: Humbug (n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
Lead :: Lead (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide..
Terneplate :: Terneplate (a.) Thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin; -- so called because made up of three metals.
Leader :: Leader (n.) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.
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..
Blastopore :: Blastopore (n.) The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run..
Whithersoever :: Whithersoever (adv.) To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, I will go whithersoever you lead..
Conduce :: Conduce (n.) To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity..
Spoke :: Spoilsmonger (n.) One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.
Plumbing :: Plumbing (n.) The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc..
Conduct :: Conduct (n.) To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend..
Blind :: Blind (n.) Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge..
Befool :: Befool (v. t.) To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.
Leader :: Leader (n.) One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor..
Conductress :: Conductress (n.) A woman who leads or directs; a directress.
Disguise :: Disguise (v. t.) To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive..
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