one of the metals, of a white colour inclining to blue, the least ductile, the least elastic, and the least sonorous, of the whole, but possessing a considerable degree of specific gravity. See CHEMISTRY and MINERALOGY Index.

White LEAD, or Ceruse. See CHEMISTRY Index.

Black LEAD, or Plumbago, a species of mineral belonging to the class of Inflammables. See GRAPHITE, Lead, MINERALOGY Index.

Milled LEAD. See CHEMISTRY Index.

Poison of LEAD. See POISON.

Sheet LEAD. See PLUMBERY.