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Lead :: Lead (n.) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet..

Stayed :: Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship..

Redundancy :: Redundancy (n.) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

Pentathionic :: Pentathionic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of sulphur obtained by leading hydrogen sulphide into a solution of sulphur dioxide; -- so called because it contains five atoms of sulphur..

Lie :: Lie (n.) Anything which misleads or disappoints.

Deception :: Deception (n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.

Hessite :: Hessite (n.) A lead-gray sectile mineral. It is a telluride of silver.

Fair-leader :: Fair-leader (n.) A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope..

Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log..

Advocation :: Advocation (n.) The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.

Acetate :: Acetate (n.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical; as, acetate of lead, acetate of potash..

Surprise :: Surprise (n.) To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity..

Pleading :: Pleading (n.) The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments..

Bivious :: Bivious (a.) Having, or leading, two ways..

Apron :: Apron (n.) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.

Shibboleth :: Shibboleth (n.) A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii..

Grozing Iron :: Grozing iron () A tool for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe.

Alum Shale :: Alum shale () A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock..

Championship :: Championship (n.) State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.

Corridor :: Corridor (n.) A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

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