hand lead
Nautical (now chiefly historical )
noun
A small lead used in taking soundings in shallow water, typically of a depth of less than 20 fathoms.
Origin
Mid 17th century.
- nitrolic acid
- nitrolim
- nitrolime
- nitromagnesite
- nitromannite
- nitromesidine
- nitrometer
- nitromethane
- nitron
- nitronaphthalene
- nitrone
- nitronium
- nitroparaffin
- nitrophenol
- nitrophile
- nitrophilic
- nitrophilous
- nitrophily
- nitrophobe
- nitrophobic
- nitrophobous
- nitro powder
- nitro proof
- nitro-prove
- nitroprusside