leadyadj.
/ˈlɛdi/ Resembling lead, usually in colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > lead grey
leadenc1386
wana1398
leadish1398
leady1398
plumby1486
plumbine1597
leaden-coloured1598
lead-coloured1611
plumbean1656
plumbeous1658
lead-grey1837
leaden-hued1877
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > of the heart or spirits
leadya1536
sunk1601
sunken1642
sombrous1751
sombre1821
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > of or relating to lead > of consistency of
leady1824
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xii. 319 Saturnus tokenyth sorowe..his colour is blacke leeddy and false.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 197 Þe face..is sumwhat ledi... Her nailis bicomeþ ledi.
1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 65 Wann or leady Colour.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. xii. sig. Ti His ruddy lippes wanne, & his eyen ledy and holowe.
a1536 Beauty & Good Prop. Women C j And to calisto with this gyrdle celestina Shall go and his ledy hart make hole & lyght.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 102 His eyes grow dim, his heart turnes leady.
1756 Dict. Arts & Sci. at Porcelain This colour has a leady cast like metal-burning mirrors.
1824 Mechanic's Mag. No. 52. 383 Every part of the iron..will be found to be unusually soft and leady.
1892 Harper's Mag. Mar. 570/2 Glacier water..always gray—a sort of lead-y gray.
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