arm the lead

verb

To fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering.

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Meanings

verbarm the lead (third-person singular simple present arms the lead, present participle arming the lead, simple past and past participle armed the lead)

present singular third person arms the lead · participle present arming the lead · participle past armed the lead · past armed the lead

  1. obsoletenauticalTo fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering.
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