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unˈleaded, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not weighted, covered, or furnished with lead.
1611in Essex Rev. XV. 47 The church is unleaded and unshingled. 1648Hexham ii, Ongeloot, Vnleaded, or Vnplumbt. 1909Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 2/2 The motion of the death-curtain, hanging free and unleaded from its headrope, would be inconceivably graceful.
2. Printing. Not spaced with leads; ‘solid’.
1902Westm. Gaz. 23 May 7/1 Tucked away in an unleaded telegram..is an item which may possess some significance.
3. Of petrol, etc.: without added lead. Also ellipt.
1965Oil & Gas Jrnl. 20 Dec. 26/1 The industry association will make a study next year of the cost of producing unleaded gasoline. 1970Daily Tel. 14 Oct. 11/8 While a change to unleaded petrol reduces exhaust emission and engine deposits..it necessitates a reduction in the compression ratios to cope with lower octane fuels. 1981J. D. MacDonald Free Fall in Crimson iv. 38 He pulled up to the pump... He took six and four-tenths gallons of unleaded, which came to eight sixty-four. |