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Litharge :: Litharge (n.) Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot..

Lead :: 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..

Leader :: Leader (n.) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.

Leitmotif :: Leitmotif (n.) See Leading motive, under Leading, a..

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..

Motive :: Motive (n.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading..

Drum Major :: Drum major () The marching leader of a military band.

Naleadministration :: Naleadministration (n.) Maladministration.

Zinkenite :: Zinkenite (n.) A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead..

Adhere :: Adhere (v. i.) To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church..

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.

Plumb :: Plumb (n.) A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below..

Lead :: Lead (n.) The course of a rope from end to end.

Bar :: Bar (n.) An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap..

Mispleading :: Mispleading (n.) An error in pleading.

Answer :: Answer (n.) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill..

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..

Befool :: Befool (v. t.) To fool; to delude or lead into error; to infatuate; to deceive.

Deceitfulness :: Deceitfulness (n.) Tendency to mislead or deceive.

Clamp :: Clamp (n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising..

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