Leaden
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (a.) Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.

2. (a.) Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.

3. (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish.

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Whether the Sacraments are the Cause of Grace?
... And they give as an example a man who on presenting a leaden coin, receives, by
the king's command, a hundred pounds: not as though the leaden coin, by any ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the sacraments are the.htm

Travel. A Personal Experience.
... Maces and axes, long and cross bows and leaden missile weapons and shields, highly
adorned with metal figures, all tend to make more vivid the word-pictures of ...
/.../ix travel a personal experience.htm

John xvii. 6
... If thou shouldest see a man admiring a leaden coin, and stooping to pick it up,
thou wouldest pronounce his penury to be extreme; and dost thou, who collectest ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily lxxxi john xvii 6.htm

Peace in the Soul
... world. You can never make a golden age out of leaden men, or a peaceful
world out of lovers of strife. Where shall peace be found? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/van dyke/what peace means/i peace in the soul.htm

Proceeding to the History of Israel, Tertullian Shows that ...
... this assembly by famine?" [1028] From the self-same belly preference were they destined
(at last) to deplore [1029] (the fate of) the self-same leaden of their ...
/.../chapter v proceeding to the history.htm

General Summary of the virtues and Effects of Patience.
... For Patience sits on the throne of that calmest and gentlest Spirit, who is not
found in the roll of the whirlwind, nor in the leaden hue of the cloud, but is ...
/.../tertullian/of patience/chapter xv general summary of the.htm

Lights and Shadows.
... It was now the dull dead calm after the torture of the storm, the leaden sea strewn
with wrecks, enabling them to realise more fully the extent of their loss. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/vii lights and shadows.htm

The Reasonable Prayer.
... Nay, in our own times, have not the brigands of Naples been in the habit of carrying
a leaden image of St Januarius in their hats, and praying to it to protect ...
/.../kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xii the reasonable prayer.htm

The Charge of Worshipping a Cross the Heathens Themselves Made ...
... and covers the cross within with the shape which he meant to impress upon the clay;
then from this design, with the help of compasses and leaden moulds, he has ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/ad nationes/chapter xii name charge of.htm

The Voice of Job.
... Seated in the heart of a leaden despair, Job cries aloud to the Might unseen,
scarce known, which yet he regards as the God of his life. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/unspoken sermons/the voice of job.htm

Thesaurus
Leaden (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden
ball. 2. (a.) Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky. ...
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Tablet (7 Occurrences)
... Job (19:24) is thought by some to refer to the writing on leaden tablets, such as
were in very common use in antiquity and in the Middle Ages for the writing ...
/t/tablet.htm - 15k

En (19 Occurrences)
... to the AS. infinitive ending -an. 5. (n.) An adjectival suffix, meaning made
of; as in golden, leaden, wooden. 6. (n.) The termination ...
/e/en.htm - 14k

Discharge (30 Occurrences)
... as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire
off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leaden jar. ...
/d/discharge.htm - 18k

Dump (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden
counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing. 2. (n ...
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Apron (1 Occurrence)
... 5. (n.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon. 6. (n.) A piece
of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel. ...
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Fish (66 Occurrences)
... The use of the casting net requires much skill. It forms a circle of from 10 to
20 feet in diameter with numerous small leaden weights at the circumference. ...
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Leader (183 Occurrences)

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Lead (192 Occurrences)

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Leaden (2 Occurrences)

Zechariah 5:7
And lo, a cake of lead lifted up; and this 'is' a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.'
(See RSV)

Zechariah 5:8
And he saith, 'This 'is' the wicked woman.' And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth.
(See RSV)

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Tablet (7 Occurrences)

En (19 Occurrences)

Discharge (30 Occurrences)

Dump (1 Occurrence)

Apron (1 Occurrence)

Fish (66 Occurrences)

Leader (183 Occurrences)

Lead (192 Occurrences)

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