A soft, heavy, bluish - gray metal; some leaden object, as a thin slip to separate lines of type, a sinker, etc.
Graphite. black lead.
Imp. & pp. of LEAD, v.
" She was led into it by Kathleen. – The Rebel of the School by Mrs. L. T. Meade
Marguerite took her brother by the hand and led him to the window. – Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas
What on earth led you into this business? – Walter Sherwood's Probation by Horatio Alger