Vocabulary : Leaden to Leadsmen
Leaden : Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball. ;; Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky. ;; Heavy; dull; sluggish.Leader : One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor. ;; One who goes first. ;; One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander. ;; A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins. ;; A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places. ;; The principal wheel in any kind of machinery. ;; A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses. ;; A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor. ;; A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached. ;; A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one. ;; The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article. ;; A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face. ;; a row of dots, periods, or hyphens,
Leadership : The office of a leader.
Leadhillite : A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland.
Leading : of Lead ;; of Lead ;; Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. ;; The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance. ;; Suggestion; hint; example.
