lead 
:t:t-r, 
and n. Same as 
gloss to by means of an oro of lead ground fine leaden-gray (led'n-gra), fl. 
and strewn over the surface. 4. To smooth lra<l-fjnty. 
and polish (the bore of a rilled gun) by the ap- leader 1 (le'der), H. [< Ml.. l>;l,-r. Irdrrc, < AS 
T. J-_ 1 latj-*.*. / 1 \l.'..'...., Jo*/A*"l loftavf ll IPHIPr 
' a leaden lap. 
When once rifled, the barrel rannot as In the Henry, 
Ratchet, and other riflings be leaded or otherwise regu- 
lated except with the hlliiiu' marhim'. 
If. II'. dm-iier. The Oun, p. 140. 
TO lead out, In printing, to Insert leads between the lines 
of (composed types). To lead up, in utained-alam work, 
to join or assemble (the different pieces) by means of lead 
ribbons or camra. 
lead ;i t, . [Also leed; < ME. leede; perhaps < 
Gael. liK'hil, a pot, kettle.] A caldron ; a cop- 
per kettle. 
His heede 
That stemede as a forneys of a leede. 
Chaucer, Gen. ProL to C. T., L 202. 
Mow haulm to burn. 
To serve thy turn. 
To bake thy bread:, 
To burn under lead. 
Tvxier, Husbandry, August's Abstract 
lead-arming (led'ar'ming), . A lump of tal- 
low, soap, grease, or other similar substance 
pressed into the lower end of a sounding-lead 
for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of 
the bottom from the particles adhering to the 
greasy substance. 
lead-ash (led'ash), n. The slag of lead. 
leadback (led'bak), n. The American dunlin, 
ox-bird, or purre. [Shinnecock Bay, L. I.] 
- *---." ---. v 
liedere (= OFnes. letlera, ledere = Dleider = 
MLG. leider, H<U-r = OHG. leitan, MHG. fc.tere, 
letter, Q. letter = Dan. leder = Sw. ledare), , a. 
leading 
8w JoUote. -Byn. 1 and X Commander, Head, etc. Hen 
leader 2 * (led'er), w. [< ME. ledere, leedare; < 
linil- + -*>(!.] A plumber. 
r-boy (le'der-boi), . A boy who guides 
>. . fni-i -looker. [South Africa.] 
mm / 1 ,".' .1,',> fn*-*r.\ ii On ti> t'lirrii 
w. ledare), , a. leader . furrow (le'der-o), n. See furrou. 
leader, < lodan, lead: see tearfi.] 1. One who J er-hook (le'der-huk), >.. A hold-fast hook 
leads, guides, conducts, directs, or controls; " 
director or conductor; a chief or commander. 
, , - , 
leads, guides, conducts, directs, or controls; a t rain . wat er leader. IU tang in 
driven into the wall. 
They be blind leaden of the blind. Mat. xv. 14. leadership (le'dcr-ship), H. [< leader 1 - -ship. ] 
I have given him for ... a leader and commander of The office of a leader ; guidance ; control. 
' 4 leader-writer (le'der-rl'ter), n. A member of 
the editorial staff of a newspaper who writes 
leaders or editorial articles. 
2. One who is first or most prominent in any lead-glance (led'glans), n. Lead ore; galena. 
relation; one who takes precedence by virtue lead-glaze (led'glaz), n. A glaze for ceramic 
the people. 
A reaolute leader might have brought it (the war] to a 
close in a month. Macaulay, Hallam's I'onst Hist 
of superior qualification or influence ; a recog- 
nized principal or superior : as, leaders of soci- 
ety; a leader of the bar. 
Bl waar of rlchelees, for he wole make dlffence, 
For he is leder of al synne. 
Hymnt to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.\ r. 60. 
queen's Counsel are usually termed Leaden, & they sit 
ware produced by the use of lead, applied 
throughout Europe to the coarser kinds of pot- 
tery for domestic use. Ware covered with this glaxe 
was usually coarse and brittle, and a coating was needed to 
make it available for holding liquids ; but the glaze was 
injurious in the case of such content* as would partly dis- 
solve It, and hence pottery so coated was superseded, espe- 
lead " In any particular case In which both are engaged. 
Slater, Guide to Legal Prof., p. 17. 
Judges, mayors, . . . leaden in science, clergymen bet- 
, , __- JMM ware. 
-gray (led'gra), a. and n. I. . Colored like 
lead. 
II. n. A color resembling that of lead. 
ter than famous, . . were represented In that' meeting. Also leaden-yray. 
0. ft. Uotmtt, Autocrat, p. 128. leadhillite (led'hil-it), n. [< Leadhills, 
3. In the Meth. Epis. Ch., one who has charge 
of a " class," which he meets at stated times, 
lead-bath (led'bath), . A furnace for expos- of a - class," wnicn n. 
s of o-old or silver mechanicallv to the and over which he exercises_a quasi-pastoral 
Lead-bath. 
ing ores of gold or silver mechanically to the 
action of melted lead. 
The powdered ores unite with 
the lead to form an alloy, and 
the precious metals are after- 
ward extracted from the alloy 
by various processes. 
lead-colic (led'kol'ik), 
n. See colic. 
lead-color (led'kul'or), 
n. A dull bluish-gray 
color, approximating to 
the color of lead. 
lead-colored (led ' kul '- 
ord ) , n . Having the col- 
orof lead; of adull-gray- 
ish color: as, lead-color- 
ed clouds. 
lead-cutter (led'kut'er), 
w. A machine made to 
out to any length the 
leads used by printers. 
Many forms are In use, but all 
have a Hat table, an adjustable gage, and a chisel-faced 
cutter that is brought down by means of a lever. 
lead-eater (led'e'ter), . India-rubber. ffalli- 
toell. [Prov. Eng.] 
leaded (led'ed), a. [< lead? + -crf2.] 1. Sep- 
arated or spaced by the insertion of thin strips 
of type-metal between the lines : said of com- 
posed types. 2. Fitted or furnished with lead. 
Especially (o) Covered with sheet-lead, as a roof. (6) 
Set In a frame of lead ; Joined by means of bars or ribbons 
of lead, an stained-glass work. -Leaded sash, the sash 
of a stained-glass or other window In which the panes are 
held by bars or ribbons of lead. 
leaden (led'n), a. [< ME. leden, < AS. leaden 
(= D. looden), of lead, < lead, lead: see lead'* 
and -en 2 .] 1. Made or consisting of lead : as, 
a leaden ball ; a leaden coffin. 
What says this leaden casket? Shale., M. of V., II. 7. 16. 
To me thy leaden Rod resign, 
To charm the Centinels 
On Mount Clthcron. 
Congrent, Semele, ill. 1. 
2. Like lead in any particular, (a) Inertly heavy : 
as, the leaden weight of a helpless person. (6) Heavy and 
slow : as, a leaden pace, (c) Dull ; sluggish ; without spirit. 
If he be leaden, Icy-cold, unwilling, 
lie thou so too. Shale., Rich. III., iii. 1. 176. 
Base, leaden earls that glory in your birth. 
Marlowe, Edward II., II. 2. 
(d) Of the color of lead ; dull-colored ; hence, gloomy : as, 
a leaden sky. 
I Leaden Is often compounded with participial adjectives : 
as, leaden- winged time ; a {radon-paced messenger. 
This may serve to shew the Difference betwixt the two 
Nations, the (ntden-heel'd Pace of the one, and the qulck- 
silver'd Motions of the other. Hmcell, Letters, I. Iv. 41. 
O leade n-hearted men, to be in love with death ! 
Thomson, Caatle of Indolence, II.] 
Leaden bulls. Seefw2.=gyn. Lead, Leaden. Lead as 
an adjective is not used figuratively ; leaden is used both 
literally and figuratively : as. a lead or leaden image ; a 
leaden sky. A similar distinction exists between if ood and 
icooden, gold &m\ gnlden, etc. : as, a tooml partition; irooden 
walls ; vKKxltn immobility ; a gold watch ; yMen clouds, 
or hopes, or prospects. The form in -en is generally prefer- 
able rhythmically ; hence its retention and extension in 
poetic use. 
lead-encephalopathy (led'en-sef-a-lop'a-thi), 
n. A morbid cerebral condition produced by 
chronic lead-poisoning. 
supervision. See class, n.,3 (6). 4. In music: leading 
.->....... - a lo**!- 
Tty in Lanarkshire, Scotland, + -ite2.] A sul- 
phato-carbonate of lead occurring in trans- 
parent white to yellow or greenish crystals. 
eading 1 (le'ding), n. [< ME. ledyng; verbal 
(n) A conductor or director, (ft) The principal n. of leadl, v.] 1. The act of conductin 
first-violin player in an orchestra (concert- guiding; conduct; leadership; command. 
play 
master), the principal cornettist in a baud, or 
the principal soprano in a chorus. Formerly the 
leader of an orchestra was also the conductor, but the du- 
ties of leading and conducting are now separated in large 
orchestras. 
5. That which leads or conducts; something 
that guides the course of a thing, or conducts 
to it. (a) In rnininy, the more or less well-defined vein- 
like mass of ore which the miner follows in his work; 
the indication which the miner follows when working an 
Irregular metalliferous deposit This is sometimes u mere 
crack, Hometlmes a fissure with vein-stone or even with 
ore, and sometimes a well-defined fissure-vein. The word 
Is used chiefly where there is some complexity In the phe- 
nomena, as where the rock on each side of the fissure is 
more or less mineralized, so that the fissure or leader 
funus only a part of the metalliferous deposit (o) A pipe 
for the conveyance of water from a roof or the upper part 
of a house to the ground, (c) A row of dots or hyphens 
which lead the eye of a reader from words or figures at 
one end of a line to words or figures at the other end. (a) 
A block or piece of wood In which holes are cut to serve 
as guides for ropes. () A kind of wrapped quick-match 
to lead fire rapidly from one part of a piece of fireworks leading 1 (le'ding), p. a 
to another. (/) A furrow extending from the eye to the rtllirtinlr . pnndiiotins : 
skirt of a millstone, (g) In Jinking, a piece of silkworm 
gut or fine cord at the end of the reel-line, several feet 
long, to which the droppers or bobbers are attached at 
proper intervals. Also called eatting-line. (A) A struc- 
ture consisting of a fence of laths or brush, or of stakes 
interwoven with brush or with netting, or formed of stone, 
for leading fish into a pound, weir, or heart-seine. The 
fish following the shore meet the leader, and turn and fol- 
low It to Its termination. Leaders are most frequently 
used where there Is a long extent of shallow water which 
ebbs off at low tide. 
The pounds of some of the Connecticut fishermen have 
\\ei-leadert of from 700 to 1,800 feet, set on poles 25 or W) 
llir fader, whlcbe tn Romalne 
The l"hi<t'/>' of the chiualrie 
In gouernance hath vndertake. 
Gower, Conf. Aniant, vil. 
feet long, driven Into the sand. 
Maaaehiaettt Fitherie* Report, 1868, p. 11. 
(i) In fancying, the foremost of the two chain-carriers. 
0) A ring or gripper used for leading cattle, passed through 
the septum of the nose. 
6. That which precedes; something that has a 
leading or foremost place, whether in actual po- 
sition or in importance. Specifically (a) One of the 
leading or front horses in a team of four or more, ai J 
tlnguished from a wheeler, or one placed next the carriage. 
St. Foil takes a post-chaise 
With, for "wheelers," two bays, and, for "leaden," two 
greys. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends. II. 20. 
(6) The principal wheel in a set of machinery, (c) A prin- 
cipal editorial article in a newspaper : one of the longer 
articles In a newspaper appearing as Its own utterance* 
or expressions of editorial views, whether written by the 
ostensible editor or by leader-writers or contributore. 
Mr. Bryant was the first of oar Journalists to adopt the 
English practice of leaden, which has since become the 
universal habit of our Journalism. 
D. J. HM, Bryant, p. 96. 
7. A sinew; a tendon: as, the leaders of the fin- 
gers or toes. [Technical.] 8. Something of- 
fered as a special attraction to customers; a 
leading "bargain." [Trade cant.] 
A new rival may Inflict severe loss through overestimat- 
ing the business field which he enters; through cutting 
the. price of a staple below cost, and making It what Is 
called a leader. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXXIV. 622. 
9. In hot., the terminal shoot of an excurrent 
trunk, commonly forming the apex of a cone- 
shaped tree, as in the fir and the larch. 
Cuckoo's leader, the wryneck. Follow my leader. 
2. Ability to lead ; commanding quality or ca- 
pacity. 
The situation of the Whig Party Is very critical Indeed, 
and I really think it becomes necessary for your Lordship 
and all other men of great leading and property In thecoun- 
try to come up to town and to concert the measures to or 
taken In so critical a moment 
C. J. Fox, Letter, July 1, 1782. 
3. A directing influence or guidance; especial- 
ly, a spiritual indication of the proper course of 
action in any case: a term used by the Friends 
or Quakers. 
Ann Millet a young person who began to have leading* 
at the age of four years, who never cared to play, never 
laughed, and always waited to be directed before she even 
washed her hands. 
M. C. Lee, A Quaker Oirl of Santucket, p. 8. 
[Ppr. of leadi, P.] 1. 
preceding; hence, serv- 
ing as a precedent. 
He left his mother a counteas by patent, which wa a 
new leading example. 
2. Attracting; drawing: as, a leading article 
among shopkeepers (that is, something of- 
fered as a special inducement to customers, 
for its attractiveness or its cheapness, or both). 
3. Chief; principal; capital; most influen- 
tial : as, a leading motive in action ; a leading 
man in a party. 
The constitutional changes made by Solon were In lead- 
tno respects towards industrial organization. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Soclol., I 488. 
Leading article. Same as leaderi, 6 (cV 
He.would hold men's buttons, and discourse to them the 
leading article out of that paper. 
Thackeray, Adventures of Philip. 
Leading axle. Sec axle Leading business (theat.), 
the acting of principal parts or roles In plays. Leading 
Chord, in muiic, the chord of the dominant : so called be- 
cause it leads naturally into that of the tonic. Leading 
column (imHt-X the first column that advances from the 
right, left, or center of a company, battalion, or army. 
Leading file, the first two men who advance from the 
right, left, or center of a company or a battalion. Lead- 
ing guide, the guide to whose movements a column of sol- 
iliers must conform In marching.- Leading light*. See 
KgMi. Leading man, leading lady, the chief per- 
formers in a theatrical company ; the man and woman 
who enact the parts of hero and heroine. Leading 
marks, object* on shore used for guidance on entering 
or leaving port. Leading melody, in mvtic, the melody 
which controls the construction of a piece at any P oi '> t - 
In plain music It is usually the soprano part, but in the- 
matic music it may be any part or an the parts in turn. 
Leading motive [German leitmotif], in dramalicmaic, 
a principal motive or theme ; a theme, usually of but few 
tones, by which a permnage, situation, thought, or emotion 
is Indicated, and which recurs (sometimes in a modified 
formjwhenever the personage, situation, thought, or erne 
tlon appears or Is suggested. The principle of the leading 
motive was recognized In the middle of the eighteenth cen- 
tury, but was not elaborately applied nntn the later works 
of Richard Wagner, especially In those of the Mhelungen 
Trilogy, in "Tristan and Isolde." etc. Leading note, 
leading tone in muric. the seventh tone of the major scale 
(and of certain forms of the minor scale), commonly called 
n (by the tonlc-tol-falsts te); the snbtonic: so called he- 
