LEAD

n. Lesd. A.-S., Iced. Gr., /ndAv/Sfio?. Lat., plumbum. Fr.,plomb. Ger., Blei. It.,piombo. Sp.,plomo. A metallic element usually occurring native in the form of a sulphide (galena), le often in other combinations, and very rarely uncombined. It is grayish-white, soft, tough, and malleable, but not ductile. It too; Ua, blue; U3, lull; U4, full; UB, urn; U, like u (German). [s. 595]