Meaning

noun an advantage held by a competitor in a race

noun a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey

noun evidence pointing to a possible solution

originFrom Middle English led, leed, from Old English lēad (“lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *laud (“lead”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots leid, lede (“lead”), North Frisian lud, luad (“lead”), West Frisian lead (“lead”), Dutch lood (“lead”), Low German Lod (“solder, plummet”), German Lot (“solder, plummet, sounding…

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