Definition of lead

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Lead (n.) precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second..

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Galenite :: Galenite (n.) Galena; lead ore.
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament..
Recompensation :: Recompensation (n.) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.
Lap :: Lap (n.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis..
Singleton :: Singleton (n.) In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel..
Inconvertibility :: Inconvertibility (n.) The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold..
Entice :: Entice (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen..
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..
Departure :: Departure (n.) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another..
Runaway :: Runaway (a.) Won by a long lead; as, a runaway victory..
Miniate :: Miniate (a.) Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
Pantheistical :: Pantheistical (a.) Of or pertaining to pantheism; founded in, or leading to, pantheism..
Brief :: Brief (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings..
Impleadable :: Impleadable (a.) Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous..
Force :: Force (n.) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.
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..
Leaded :: Leaded (a.) Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows..
Keelivine :: Keelivine (n.) A pencil of black or red lead; -- called also keelyvine pen.
Zinkenite :: Zinkenite (n.) A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead..
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