ledish

comparative more ledish · superlative most ledish

1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of leadish.

   ...a duskey ash color, a durty greye, ledish in apostemate absque et cum venis livescentibus; more white and yellow, cley color contracti.

   1964, William Harvey, Gweneth Whitteridge, The Anatomical Lectures of William Harvey, page 280

   2 more examples

   […] but when the Nose is Blewish, Wan, or of a Ledish colour, having little Red Specks, or Veins like Fibres interwoven as it were, this argues a great Heat, and driness of the Liver , so the face Red, discovers a Hot Complexion; […]

   1676, Richard Sanders, Palmistry, the Secrets thereof Disclosed

   Pressure by the finger, in the early stage, causes the disappearance of the ledish color, which at a later period leaves a livid stain, and in the third stage pressure produces no effect whatever.

   1883, Edward Carroll Franklin, A Manual of Venereal Diseases