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arm the lead

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.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) 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.

Forms of arm the lead

third-person singular presentarms the lead
present participlearming the lead
past participlearmed the lead
pastarmed the lead

Questions about arm the lead

What does arm the lead mean?
Arm the lead means 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.
What part of speech is arm the lead?
Arm the lead is a verb.
What is the past tense of arm the lead?
The past tense of arm the lead is armed the lead.

Words near arm the lead in the dictionary

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  8. arm twist
  9. arm twisted
  10. arm twister
  11. arm twisters

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