arm the lead (English, verb)
expansion: arm the lead (third-person singular simple present arms the lead, present participle arming the lead, simple past and past participle armed the lead)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering.
tags: obsolete
Forms:
form: arms the lead
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: arming the lead
tags: participle
present
form: armed the lead
tags: participle
past
form: armed the lead
tags: past