"leadish" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English ledissh, ledisch, equivalent to lead + -ish.",
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      "form": "more leadish",
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      "form": "most leadish",
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          "ref": "1696, Gideon Harvey, A Treatise of the Small-pox and Measles, page 93",
          "text": "Those that are pale, signify feebleness of the spirits; those that are deep red, and inflamed, are worse; greenish, worse; violet or leadish, worse and worse; the black, worst of all.",
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          "ref": "1755, James Hernandez, A philosophical and practical essay on the gold and silver mines of Mexico and Peru, page 28",
          "text": "The rich Ore is refined by melting in the Guayras, as having the most Lead, which causes it to run; and the Indians, to make it melt the better, put into the Furnace what they call Soroche, being a very Leadish Ore.",
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        {
          "ref": "1822, The New Monthly, volume 6, page 406",
          "text": "The upper part of the tail is about seven feet, and lower about three feet; the skin is of a leadish colour, and will sharpen a knife like a stone.",
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Journal of Ichthyology - Volume 38, Issues 5-9, page 548",
          "text": "In living fish, there is a long, weakly defined stripe of leadish color, three-quarters of the eye diameter, which continues along the body at the level of the upper part of the eyes",
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          "ref": "2006, Nicholas Shakespeare, “Introduction”, in Bruce Chatwin, editor, In Patagonia",
          "text": "He spoke shortly after proposing a champagne toast to 'La Patagonie et L'Araucanie libre!' surrounded by his court in exile, amongst whom In Patagonia had gone down like a leadish balloon.",
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        "Resembling or containing lead (the metal)"
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        "(rare) Resembling or containing lead (the metal)"
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          "word": "ledish"
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