Small balls of lead, used as projectiles in shotguns, and as a weight in angling etc

(intransitive) To avoid work, especially by pretending to be ill; to shirk, to malinger.

(historical) Printed type which is set with extra leading in such a way as to give the text greater emphasis. / (historical) Printed type in general, as opposed to engravings or handwritten documents.

(pathology) A chronic intoxication produced by the absorption of lead into the body, characterized by severe colicky pains, a dark line along the gums, and local muscular paralysis.

(chemistry) A toxic organometallic compound, (C₂H₅)₄Pb, added to petroleum/gasoline as an antiknock agent.

A bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics. / (military slang, dated) Tomato ketchup.

(inorganic chemistry) The oxide of lead, PbO, that occurs as the minerals litharge and massicot

(inorganic chemistry) The insoluble lead salt or sulfuric acid, PbSO₄, that forms in lead-acid batteries

Describing a battery having lead electrodes and an electrolyte of sulfuric acid solution; used in motor vehicles

(inorganic chemistry) The unstable tetrahydride of lead, PbH₄, plumbane