Word Meanings - MISLEADING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Leading astray; delusive.

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• LEADING EDGE
  same as Advancing edge, above.
• ASTRAY
  Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25.
• DELUSIVE
  Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream. Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. Whewell. -- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n.
• LEADED
  Separated by leads, as the lines of a page. (more info) 1. Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows.
• LEADMAN
  One who leads a dance. B. Jonson.
• LEADSMAN
  The man who heaves the lead. Totten.
• LEAD
  One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37.
• LEADWORT
  A genus of maritime herbs . P. Europæa has lead- colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers.
• 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
  Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- Lead"ing*ly, adv. Leading case , a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. Abbott.
• LEADERSHIP
  The office of a leader.
• LEADEN
  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.
• LEADY
  Resembling lead. Sir T. Elyot.
• LEADER
  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. 2. The first, or the principal,
• POT LEAD
  Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to diminish friction.
• COUNTERPLEAD
  To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
• PLEADINGS
  The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some
• RINGLEADER
  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
• PLEADINGLY
  In a pleading manner.
• ENTERPLEAD
  See INTERPLEAD
• BLACK LEAD
  Plumbago; graphite.It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.
• IMPLEAD
  To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.
• PLEAD
  To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of
• PLEADER
  One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader. (more info) 1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate. So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden.
• FAIR-LEADER
  A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.
• UPLEAD
  To lead upward.
• CLEADING
  1. A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine. 2. The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.
• MISPLEAD
  To err in pleading.
• GLEAD
  A live coal. See Gleed.