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Balsamodendron GileadenseXylobalsamum Xy`lo*bal"sa*mum, n. [NL., fr. Gr. xy`lon wood +
? the balsam tree, balsam; cf. L. xylobalsamum balsam wood,
Gr. ?.] (Med.)
The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (Balsamodendron
Gileadense). --U. S. Disp. Balsamodendron GileadenseBalm Balm, n. [OE. baume, OF. bausme, basme, F. baume, L.
balsamum balsam, from Gr. ?; perhaps of Semitic origin; cf.
Heb. b[=a]s[=a]m. Cf. Balsam.]
1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.
2. The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or
shrubs. --Dryden.
3. Any fragrant ointment. --Shak.
4. Anything that heals or that mitigates pain. ``Balm for
each ill.' --Mrs. Hemans.
Balm cricket (Zo["o]l.), the European cicada. --Tennyson.
Balm of Gilead (Bot.), a small evergreen African and
Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family (Balsamodendron
Gileadense). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong
aromatic scent; and from this tree is obtained the balm of
Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca. This has a
yellowish or greenish color, a warm, bitterish, aromatic
taste, and a fragrant smell. It is valued as an unguent
and cosmetic by the Turks. The fragrant herb
Dracocephalum Canariense is familiarly called balm of
Gilead, and so are the American trees, Populus
balsamifera, variety candicans (balsam poplar), and
Abies balsamea (balsam fir). Fair-leader
Fair-leader Fair"-lead`er, n. (Naut.)
A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging
or for any rope.
File leader 2. Course of thought; thread of narration. [Obs.]
Let me resume the file of my narration. --Sir H.
Wotton.
File firing, the act of firing by file, or each file
independently of others.
File leader, the soldier at the front of any file, who
covers and leads those in rear of him.
File marching, the marching of a line two deep, when faced
to the right or left, so that the front and rear rank
march side by side. --Brande & C.
Indian file, or Single file, a line of men marching one
behind another; a single row.
On file, preserved in an orderly collection.
Rank and file.
(a) The body of soldiers constituing the mass of an army,
including corporals and privates. --Wilhelm.
(b) Those who constitute the bulk or working members of a
party, society, etc., in distinction from the leaders. Foreleader
Foreleader Fore*lead"er, n.
One who leads others by his example; aguide.
ImpleadedImplead Im*plead", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impleaded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Impleading.] [Cf. Emplead.] (Law)
To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue
or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach. Impleader
Impleader Im*plead"er, n. (Law)
One who prosecutes or sues another.
Interpleader
Interpleader In`ter*plead"er, n.
1. One who interpleads.
2. (Law) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the
same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or
more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or
title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself
from the suits which they might otherwise bring against
him.
LeadedLead Lead, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Leading.]
1. To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing
leads the grooves of a rifle.
2. (Print.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead
a page; leaded matter. Leaded
Leaded Lead"ed, a.
1. Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows.
2. (Print.) Separated by leads, as the lines of a page.
Leaden
Leaden Lead"en, a.
1. Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.
2. Like lead in color, etc.; as, a leaden sky.
3. Heavy; dull; sluggish. ``Leaden slumber.' --Shak.
LeaderLeader Lead"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a
conductor. Especially:
(a) One who goes first.
(b) One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.
(c) (Mus.) 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.
(d) (Naut.) A block of hard wood pierced with suitable
holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
(e) (Mach.) The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.
[Obs. or R.] --G. Francis.
(f) A horse placed in advance of others; one of the
forward pair of horses.
He forgot to pull in his leaders, and they
gallop away with him at times. --Hare.
(g) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a
cistern or to the ground; a conductor.
(h) (Fishing) 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.
(i) (Mining) A branch or small vein, not important in
itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
2. The first, or the principal, editorial article in a
newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.
3. (Print.)
(a) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its
face.
(b) pl. 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.
Syn: chief; chieftain; commander. See Chief. Leadership
Leadership Lead"er*ship, n.
The office of a leader.
Misleader
Misleader Mis*lead"er, n.
One who leads into error.
Pleader
Pleader Plead"er, n. [F. plaideur.]
1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an
advotate.
So fair a pleader any cause may gain. --Dryden.
2. (Law) One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of
pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special
pleader.
Repleader
Repleader Re*plead"er (-?r), n. (Law)
A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of
pleading again.
Whenever a repleader is granted, the pleadings must
begin de novo. --Blackstone.
Ringleader
Ringleader Ring"lead`er, n.
1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a
number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of
animals.
A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader
hath in a dance. --Barrow.
2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the
violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters,
mutineers, or the like.
The ringleaders were apprehended, tried, fined, and
imprisoned. --Macaulay.
Unpleaded
Unpleaded Un*plead"ed, a.
1. Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse.
2. Not supported by pleas; undefended; as, an unpleaded suit.
Meaning of Leade from wikipedia
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leade in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Leade may
refer to: Jane
Leade (or Lead) (1624–1704),
English Christian mystic Leade, in
firearms terminology...
-
followers came to Pordage,
including Ann
Bathurst and led by Mrs. Jane
Leade (1624–1704), who
experienced a
number of
visions and
later published them...
- Kiseleff,
Jaquelyn Aurora (as
Jacquelyn Horrell),
Georgina Donovan,
Shannon Leade,
Naidra Dawn Thomson, and
Shawn G. Smith. It is
based upon the
crimes of...
- 223
Wylde chamber. The
chamber is made with the
external dimensions and
leade angle found in the
military 5.56×45mm NATO
cartridge and the 0.2240 in (5...
- torture, and
murder of
another woman.
Naidra Dawn
Thomson as
Sonia Shannon Leade as
Karianna Stephen A.F. Day as
Leonard Lake Sam
Leung as
Charles Ng Kevin...
- as
heretical in 1935.
Within the
Protestant tradition in England, Jane
Leade, seventeenth-century
Christian mystic, Universalist, and
founder of the...
-
portion of the
unrifled bore
immediately front of the freebore,
called the
leade,
starts to
taper slightly and
guides the
bullet towards the area
where the...
- at the end of the chamber, freebore,
leade and rifling. Hard chrome-lining
protects the chamber, freebore,
leade and
rifling with a thin coat of wear...
-
While the
cartridges are
identical other than
powder load, the
chamber leade, i.e. the area
where the
rifling begins, is cut to a
sharper angle on some...
- canelé
evolved throughout history". Salon.com.
Retrieved June 15, 2023.
Leade, Sara
Crompton (2012).
Waking Up In France. Lulu.com. p. 295. ISBN 9781471075681...
