"arm the lead" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: arms the lead [present, singular, third-person], arming the lead [participle, present], armed the lead [participle, past], armed the lead [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} arm the lead (third-person singular simple present arms the lead, present participle arming the lead, simple past and past participle armed the lead)
  1. (obsolete, nautical) To fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Nautical

Inflected forms

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