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armed the lead

armed the lead is the simple past and past participle of arm the lead.

Meaning of arm the lead

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.

Questions about armed the lead

What is armed the lead the simple past and past participle of?
Armed the lead is the simple past and past participle of arm the lead.

Words near armed the lead in the dictionary

  1. armed robbery
  2. armed secession
  3. armed secessions
  4. armed struggle
  5. armed struggles
  6. armed the lead
  7. armed to the teeth
  8. armed up
  9. armedness
  10. Armel
  11. Armels

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