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<hw>Lead"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor</def>. Especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who goes first.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>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.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.</def> <sd>(e)</sd> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark> <i>G. Francis</i>. <sd>(f)</sd> <def>A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.</def>

<blockquote>He forgot to pull in his <b>leaders</b>, and they gallop away with him at times. <i>Hare.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(g)</sd> <def>A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor</def>. <sd>(h)</sd> <fld>(Fishing)</fld> <def>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.</def> <sd>(i)</sd> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one</def>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- chief; chieftain; commander. See <er>Chief</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Lead"er*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office of a leader.</def>

<h1>Leadhillite</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Lead"hill*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>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 <i>Leadhills</i>, Scotland.</def>

<h1>Leading</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Lead"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; <as>as, a <ex>leading</ex> motive; a <ex>leading</ex> man; a <ex>leading</ex> example.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Lead"ing*ly</wf>, <ex>adv</ex>.</wordforms>

<cs><col>Leading case</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.</cd> <i>Abbott</i>. -- <col>Leading motive</col> <ety>[a translation of G. <ets>leitmotif<ets>]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label.</cd> -- <col>Leading note</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note.</cd> -- <col>Leading question</col>, <cd>a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply.</cd> -- <col>Leading strings</col>, <cd>strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk.</cd> -- <col>To be in leading strings</col>, <cd>to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others.</cd> -- <col>Leading wheel</col>, <cd>a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Lead"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Suggestion; hint; example.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Leadman</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Lead"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Leadmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>One who leads a dance.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Leadsman</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Leads"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Leadsmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The man who heaves the lead.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Leadwort</h1> <Xpage=837>

<hw>Lead"wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of maritime herbs (<spn>Plumbago</spn>). <spn>P. Europ\'91a</spn> has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers.</def>

<h1>Leady</h1> <Xpage=837>