Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
lead . - noun An obsolete form of
lead . - An obsolete form of
lead .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A caldron; a copper kettle.
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- noun Northern England, Scotland
Language ;tongue . - noun Scotland A
national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language). - noun Scotland The
speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech;talk ;utterance ; manner of speaking or writing;phraseology ;diction . - noun Scotland A
strain in arhyme ,song , orpoem ;refrain ;flow . - noun Scotland A constant or repeated
line orverse ;theme . - noun Scotland
Patter ;rigmarole .
Etymologies
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And nyghe besyde that temple, upon the right syde, is a chirche covered with leed, that is clept Salomones
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And nyghe besyde that temple, upon the right syde, is a chirche covered with leed, that is clept Salomones Scole.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And nyghe besyde that temple, upon the right syde, is a chirche covered with leed, that is clept Salomones Scole.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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The first paragraph of any story is called the _lead_ (pronounced "leed"); the word _lead_ is also used to designate several introductory paragraphs that are tacked on at the beginning of a long story, which may be of the nature of a
Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Grant Milnor Hyde
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Forward allowance, or lead (pronounced 'leed'), became secondary to good gun fit, camouflage, decoy placement and close range.
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Republicans, grow up ....... except the fact that you lost, we have a black President who knows what he is doing and let him leed.
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Clinton would have been in the leed if she was competing with another person.
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April 10, 2010 at 7:03 am conga rats pb, u leed teh luvvley free wai tye!
whatevar. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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* Obcors, yeztadai Nenne n Ai thott wi wer teh leed until twu owerz laita !
KRAKEN - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Please American we need a man like Obama to leed us.
McCain admits mistake in using Petraeus picture for fundraising 2008
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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, certified buildings are shown to outperform their non-green counterparts, with higher occupancy, rental rates and sale prices. link
October 10, 2008