leadish

Resembling or containing lead (the metal)

Adjective

  1. Resembling or containing lead (the metal)
    • 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. - 1696, Gideon Harvey, A Treatise...
    • 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. -...
    • 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. - 1822, The New Monthly, volume 6, page 406:

Origin

From Middle English ledissh, ledisch, equivalent to lead + -ish.

Forms

more leadish most leadish ledish