Lead

led, n. A heavy, soft, bluish-gray metal, easily fusible and ductile; an article made of lead, — as, a plummet, for sounding at sea; (Print.) thin plate of type-metal, to separate lines in printing a small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils; sheets of lead covering roofs a roof covered with lead-sheets. — v. To cover, or with lead. (Print.) To widen (space between lines) by inserting leads. [AS.] eg?* This paragraph leaded.