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A live coal. See Gleed. [Archaic]

To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.

Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous. [R.] T. Adams.

One who prosecutes or sues another.

To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an in an interpleader. See Interpleader. [Written also enterplead.]

One who interpleads.

Maladministration.

To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive. Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you. Bacon. To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler. Milton.

One who leads into error.

Leading astray; delusive.

To err in pleading.

An error in pleading.

To domineer over; to affront; to treat with indignity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

tempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father. O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor! Job xvi. 21.

Capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in proof, defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at law. Dryden.

One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate. So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden.

The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments.

In a pleading manner.

The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point. Blackstone.

Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to diminish friction.