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See Holing.

A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part. Knight.

See Kitchen middens.

In the manner of one kneading.

The act of loading.

Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore. Landing charges, charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel. -- Landing net, a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from the water after being hooked. -- Landing stage, a floating platform attached at one end to a wharf…

Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people.

Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- Lead"ing*ly, adv. Leading case (Law), a reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. Abbott. -- Leading motive Etym: [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a guiding…

same as Advancing edge, above.

The act of one who lends.

The act of putting a load on or into.

The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage. [Obs.] Spenser.

Affected with madness; raging; furious. -- Mad"ding*ly, adv. [Archaic] Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray. The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged. Milton.

; sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and powerful tribe of West African negroes.

Same as Midden.

Regard; mindfulness.

Misleading. -- Mis*guid"ing*ly, adv.

Leading astray; delusive.

An error in pleading.

Wrong or irregular proceding.