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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Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To lead up by steps; to ascend.
Leaded :: Leaded (a.) Separated by leads, as the lines of a page..
Principal :: Principal (n.) A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; as, the principal of a faction, a school, a firm, etc.; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant..
Concertmeister :: Concertmeister (n.) The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.
Kobellite :: Kobellite (n.) A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead..
Cleading :: Cleading (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc..
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil..
Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
Leader :: Leader (n.) One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor..
Command :: Command (v. t.) To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.
Unity :: Unity (n.) In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition..
Lead :: Lead (n.) The course of a rope from end to end.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church..
Vegetate :: Vegetate (v. i.) Fig.: To lead a live too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.
Leadman :: Leadman (n.) One who leads a dance.
Graphite :: Graphite (n.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead..
Minium :: Minium (n.) A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead..
Soam :: Soam (n.) A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow.
Precentor :: Precentor (n.) A leader of a choir; a directing singer.
Precentor :: Precentor (n.) The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of the choir.
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