unlead

[ uhn-led ]

verb (used with object)
  1. Printing. to remove the leads between (lines of type).

  2. to reduce the lead in; remove the lead from.

Origin of unlead

1
First recorded in 1550–1560; un-2 + lead2

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How to use unlead in a sentence

  • And expect that we are to remain quietly unled, and in a composed manner perish of starvation?

    Past and Present | Thomas Carlyle
  • The merchant went his ways, still followed by an unmuzzled unled dog.

    Home Life in Germany | Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
  • A third animal followed, unled, packed with two cowhide boxes.

    Gold | Stewart White
  • The newspapers were almost entirely silent, and the people not only unled by their leaders, but in opposition to them.

  • Again he dismounted, and Nekimi followed him unled, playing round him like a favourite dog.

    The Prairie-Bird | Charles Augustus Murray

British Dictionary definitions for unlead

unlead

/ (ʌnˈlɛd) /


verb(tr)
  1. to strip off lead

  2. printing to remove the leads or spaces from between (lines of type)

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