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Brewer's: Leading Question

A question so worded as to suggest an answer. “Was he dressed in a black coat?” leads to the answer “Yes.” In cross-examining a witness, leading questions are permitted, because the chief…

Brewer's: Leading Strings

To be in leading-strings is to be under the control of another. Leading-strings are those strings used for holding up infants just learning to walk. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Brewer's: Coasting Lead

(A). A sounding lead used in shallow water. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Coasting TradeCoast Men of Attica A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Leading Goal Scorers

Goals1Sissi, Brazil7 Sun Wen, China73Ann Kristin Aarones, Norway44Inka Grings, Germany3 Jin Yan, China3 Liu Ailing, China3 Tiffeny Milbrett, USA3 Nkiru Okosieme, Nigeria3 Marianne Pettersen…

Leading Goal Scorers

6 goals— Luis Hernandez, Mexico. 5 goals— Ronaldo, Brazil. 3 goals— Marcelo Gallardo, Argentina; Romario, Brazil; Leonardo, Brazil; Erwin Sanchez, Bolivia.

Port Pirie

(Encyclopedia) Port PiriePort Piriepĭrˈē [key], city and municipality (2016 pop. 17,364), South Australia, S Australia, on an inlet of Spencer Gulf. It is a railroad center and has uranium refineries…

galena

(Encyclopedia) galenagalenagəlēˈnə [key] or lead glance, lustrous, blue-gray mineral crystallizing usually in cubes, sometimes in octahedrons. It is the most important ore and the principal source of…

Pb

(Encyclopedia) Pb, symbol for the element lead.