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liance on himself, or his circumstamces; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed. Your wisdom is consumed in confidence; Do not go forth to-day. Shak. But confidence then bore thee on secure Either to meet no danger, or to find Matter o…

the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

The leading British funded government security.

to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long acustomed to lead. Pope.

An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in derbyshire, England.

A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. Corroding lead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.

The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. South.

To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count. Burrill.

An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause. [Obs.] Burrill.

To counterplead. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who courses or hunts. leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. Hanmer.

most of the books of argument. Locke. Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women. 2. Tim. iii. 6.

Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color; -- called also red lead ore.

The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.

of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead.

To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles. [Obs.] Little children when they learn to go By painful mothers daded to and fro. Drayton.

e Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren.

To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. Learning not debauched by ambition. Burke. A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened bef…

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud. Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit. Amos viii. 5. Fri…