leadish

comparative more leadish · superlative most leadish · alternative obsolete ledish

1. rareResembling or containing lead (the metal).

   The upper part of the tail is about seven feet, and lower about three feet; the skin is of a leadish colour, and will sharpen a knife like a stone.

   1822, The New Monthly, volume 6, page 406

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   Those that are pale, signify feebleness of the spirits; those that are deep red, and inflamed, are worse; greenish, worse; violet or leadish, worse and worse; the black, worst of all.

   1696, Gideon Harvey, A Treatise of the Small-pox and Measles, page 93

   The rich Ore is refined by melting in the Guayras, as having the most Lead, which causes it to run; and the Indians, to make it melt the better, put into the Furnace what they call Soroche, being a very Leadish Ore.

   1755, James Hernandez, A philosophical and practical essay on the gold and silver mines of Mexico and Peru, page 28

   In living fish, there is a long, weakly defined stripe of leadish color, three-quarters of the eye diameter, which continues along the body at the level of the upper part of the eyes

   1998, Journal of Ichthyology - Volume 38, Issues 5-9, page 548

   He spoke shortly after proposing a champagne toast to 'La Patagonie et L'Araucanie libre!' surrounded by his court in exile, amongst whom In Patagonia had gone down like a leadish balloon.

   2006, Nicholas Shakespeare, “Introduction”, in Bruce Chatwin, editor, In Patagonia

   Synonyms: leadlike