leadiness

noun

leadiness

noun

Etymology From Middle English ledynesse, equivalent to leady + -ness.

1

The quality of being leady.

A certain friction causes a leadiness or grayness. and the whiteness is gone. Therefore the best lead makers are the best grinders.1910, Modern Painter, volume 19, page 113:

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