Definition of lead

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Lead (v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led..

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Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes..
Livid :: Livid (a.) Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion..
Misleading :: Misleading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mislea.
Arming :: Arming (n.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom..
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..
Derivation :: Derivation (n.) A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
Epitasis :: Epitasis (n.) That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis..
Glead :: Glead (n.) A live coal. See Gleed.
Ringleader :: Ringleader (n.) Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like..
Wulfenite :: Wulfenite (n.) Native lead molybdate occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually tabular, and of a bright orange-yellow to red, gray, or brown color; -- also called yellow lead ore..
Advocate :: Advocate (n.) One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth..
Warfare :: Warfare (v. i.) To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
Ceruse :: Ceruse (n.) The native carbonate of lead.
Goulards Extract :: Goulards extract () An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract..
Train :: Train (v. t.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees..
Inconclusive :: Inconclusive (a.) Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt..
Web :: Web (n.) A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead..
Dropper :: Dropper (n.) One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly..
Main :: Main (v.) principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main..
Leadsman :: Leadsman (n.) The man who heaves the lead.
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