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Eliquation :: Eliquation (n.) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation..

Leadsmen :: Leadsmen (pl. ) of Leadsma.

Litharge :: Litharge (n.) Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot..

Led :: Led (imp. & p. p.) of Lead.

Litany :: Litany (n.) A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character..

Litigate :: Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause..

Up-line :: Up-line (n.) A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the track upon which up-trains run. See Up-train.

Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To lead up by steps; to ascend.

Linarite :: Linarite (n.) A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals.

Plumbeous :: Plumbeous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, lead..

Woodbury-type :: Woodbury-type (n.) A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing..

Stumble :: Stumble (v. t.) Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall.

Deep-sea :: Deep-sea (a.) Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a line to take soundings at a great depth); deep-sea lead; deep-sea soundings, explorations, etc..

Gutter :: Gutter (n.) A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water..

Livid :: Livid (a.) Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion..

Cob :: Cob (n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person..

Bewilder :: Bewilder (v. t.) To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly..

Impleader :: Impleader (n.) One who prosecutes or sues another.

Inducement :: Inducement (n.) Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to.

Astray :: Astray (adv. & a.) Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray..

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