| Cleading | n. [ Scot., clothing. See Cloth. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Leading | a. Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- Lead"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
Leading case (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. Abbott. --
Leading motive [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding theme; in the musical drama of Wagner, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label. Also called leitmotif or leitmotiv. --
Leading note (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the ascending major scale; the sensible note. --
Leading question, a question so framed as to guide the person questioned in making his reply. --
Leading strings, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. --
To be in leading strings, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. --
Leading wheel, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine. [1913 Webster]
| | Leading | n. 1. The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Suggestion; hint; example. [ Archaic ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Leading edge | pos>n.1. (Aeronautics) the front edge of an airfoil; same as Advancing edge, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 2. the front edge of anything that moves; also used metaphorically, as the leading edge in art. See also cutting edge. [ PJC ] | | Misleading | a. Leading astray; delusive. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Mispleading | n. (Law) An error in pleading. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Pleading | n. The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Pleadingly | adv. In a pleading manner. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Pleadings | n. pl. (Law) The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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