(pronounced lêd), the metal, was, by the ancient alchemists, called Saturn. (Anglo-Saxon, lead.) To strike lead. To make a good hit. “That, after the failure of the king, he should `…
(Latin). A ground for war; an occurrence warranting international hostilities. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CatCasuist A B C D E F G H I J K L…
NHL All-Stars vs Soviet National Team.Date City Result Goaltenders9/2 Montreal USSR, 7-3 Tretiak/Dryden9/4 Toronto Canada, 4-1 Esposito/Tretiak9/6 Winnipeg Tie, 4-4 Tretiak/Esposito9/8…
WHA All-Stars vs Soviet National Team.Date City Result Goaltenders9/17 Quebec City Tie, 3-3 Tretiak/Cheevers9/19 Toronto Canada, 4-1 Cheevers/Tretiak9/21 Winnipeg USSR, 8-5 Tretiak/McLeod9/…
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…
by Ambrose Bierce LAZINESSLEARNINGLEAD -n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers - particularly to those who love not wisely but other men's wives. Lead is…
in music. The sharp seventh of the diatonic scale, which leads to the octave, only half a tone higher. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Leading…
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…
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